{"product_id":"a-fair-maiden-joyce-carol-oates-9780547263359","title":"A Fair Maiden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"For 40 years, Joyce Carol Oates has maintained a creative dialogue with the roiling cauldron of contemporary American culture, writing unflinchingly about the oddities that bubble up into the headlines.\" -Washington Post Book World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen-year-old Katya Spivak is out for a walk on the gracious streets of Bayhead Harbor with her two summer babysitting charges when she's approached by silver-haired, elegant Marcus Kidder. At first his interest in her seems harmless, even pleasant; like his name, a sort of gentle joke. His beautiful home, the children's books he's written, his classical music, the marvelous art in his study, his lavish presents to her -- Mr. Kidder's life couldn't be more different from Katya's drab working-class existence back home in South Jersey, or more enticing. But by degrees, almost imperceptibly, something changes, and posing for Mr. Kidder's new painting isn't the lighthearted endeavor it once was. What does he really want from her? And how far will he go to get it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the tradition of Oates's classic story \"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?\" \u003cem\u003eA Fair Maiden \u003c\/em\u003eis an unsettling, ambiguous tale of desire and control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joyce Carol Oates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 054726335X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780547263359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.30w x 0.45d","brand":"Joyce Carol Oates","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992231706879,"sku":"9780547263359","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7900994e-0d93-459d-bcc5-e28638471e3b.jpg?v=1683314783","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-fair-maiden-joyce-carol-oates-9780547263359","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}