{"product_id":"a-field-guide-to-deception-jill-malone-9781932859706","title":"A Field Guide to Deception","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eRed Audrey and the Roping\u003c\/i\u003e by Jill Malone: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Luminescent writing. . . . Finely tuned, daring, and perceptive, Malone's auspicious debut leaves us wanting more.\"--Whitney Scott, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A lyrical, passionate novel about desire, about danger, and about the need for self-forgiveness. A wonderfully impressive writing debut.\"--Sarah Waters, author of \u003ci\u003eTipping the Velvet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Night Watch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"First-rate writing and characterization.\"--Cecelia Martin, \u003ci\u003eDiva\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Malone's nonlinear novel jitterbugs through time and place--the splintered chronology is a rewarding challenge. . . . A dazzling and dramatic debut.\"--Richard Labont , BookMarks\/Q Syndicate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Jill Malone's second novel, \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Deception\u003c\/i\u003e, nothing is as simple as it appears: community, notions of motherhood, the nature of goodness, nor even compelling love. Revelations are punctured and then revisited with deeper insight, alliances shift, and heroes turn anti-hero--and vice versa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her aunt's death Claire Bernard loses her best companion, her livelihood, and her son's co-parent. Malone's smart, intriguing writing beguiles the reader into this taut, compelling story of a makeshift family and the reawakening of a past they'd hoped to outrun. Claire's journey is the unifying tension in this book of layered and shifting alliances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Deception\u003c\/i\u003e is a serious novel filled with snappy dialogue, quick-moving and funny incidents, compelling characterizations, mysterious plot twists, and an unexpected climax. It is a rich, complex tale for literary readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJill Malone\u003c\/b\u003e's first novel, \u003ci\u003eRed Audrey and the Roping\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Bywater Prize for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill Malone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1932859705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781932859706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bywater Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Winner","brand":"Jill Malone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075163025663,"sku":"9781932859706","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c92e29ae-8c93-496d-958d-ecd6617db57f.jpg?v=1685457966","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-field-guide-to-deception-jill-malone-9781932859706","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}