{"product_id":"fair-ones-lydia-millet-9781324123675","title":"Fair Ones: A Double Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eLydia Millet's dialogue-driven, fast-moving double novel \u003cem\u003eFair Ones\u003c\/em\u003e follows two Brooklyn women in their forties reeling from the sudden and baffling death of their friend Claire. \u003cem\u003eFair\u003c\/em\u003e, Mara's account, opens in the wake of initial shock as she and Jen try come to grips with the enigma of Claire's killing. \u003cem\u003eOnes\u003c\/em\u003e, told from Jen's point of view, picks up a year later as she and Mara wrestle with new relationships and old secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this vibrant, funny-sad fiction of companionship and solitude, Millet dazzles with dry wit and sharp prose. The narrators' inner and outer conversations, and their ongoing entanglement with the memory of Claire, explore the ways we create and define ourselves through others. \u003cem\u003eFair Ones\u003c\/em\u003e is a love song to the intricate annoyances of families both chosen and unchosen--and to the banality, bombast, and humble beauties of midlife friendships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lydia Millet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324123672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324123675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Lydia Millet","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48457563603199,"sku":"9781324123675","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90251948-af19-47cf-92a8-52846d1c2aca.jpg?v=1777399970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fair-ones-lydia-millet-9781324123675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}