{"product_id":"apprenticed-to-venus-tristine-rainer-9781628727784","title":"Apprenticed to Venus: My Secret Life with Anaïs Nin","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Revealing Look at the Mentorship--and Manipulation--of Ana s Nin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1962, eighteen-year-old Tristine Rainer was sent on an errand to Ana s Nin's West Village apartment. The chance meeting would change the course of her life and begin her years as Ana s's accomplice, keeping her mentor's confidences--including that of her bigamy--even after Ana s Nin's death and the passing of her husbands, until now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the underground literary worlds of Manhattan and Los Angeles during the sixties and seventies, Tristine charts her coming of age under the guidance of the infamous Ana s Nin: author of the erotic bestseller \u003ci\u003eDelta of Venus\u003c\/i\u003e, lover to Henry Miller, Parisian diarist, and feminist icon of the sexual revolution. As an inexperienced college-bound girl from the San Fernando Valley, Tristine was dazzled by the sophisticated bohemian author and sought her instruction in becoming a woman. Tristine became a fixture of Ana s's inner circle, implicated in the mysterious author's daring intrigues--while simultaneously finding her own path through love, lust, and loss. In what \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e calls a \"spicy and saucy hybrid of memoir and novel,\" \u003ci\u003eApprenticed to Venus\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life a seductive and entertaining character --the pioneer whose mantra was, \"A woman has as much right to pleasure as a man \" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn intimate look at the intricacies--and risks--of the female mentor-prot g  relationship, Tristine Rainer's \u003ci\u003eApprenticed to Venus\u003c\/i\u003e stories her deep friendship, for good or ill, with a pivotal historical figure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tristine Rainer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628727780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628727784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017 pg. 10","brand":"Tristine Rainer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46617933316351,"sku":"9781628727784","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83757a7d-f8a7-4b16-84f6-bd988c8894b1.jpg?v=1740068726","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/apprenticed-to-venus-tristine-rainer-9781628727784","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}