{"product_id":"nine-island-jane-alison-9781936787128","title":"Nine Island","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2016\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNine Island\u003c\/i\u003e is a crackling incantation, brittle and brilliant and hot and sad and full of sideways humor that devastates and illuminates all at once.\" --Lauren Groff, author of \u003ci\u003eFates and Furies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNine Island\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate autobiographical novel, told by J, a woman who lives in a glass tower on one of Miami Beach's lush Venetian Islands. After decades of disaster with men, she is trying to decide whether to withdraw forever from romantic love. Having just returned to Miami from a monthlong reunion with an old flame, \"Sir Gold,\" and a visit to her fragile mother, J begins translating Ovid's magical stories about the transformations caused by Eros. \"A woman who wants, a man who wants nothing. These two have stalked the world for thousands of years,\" she thinks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen not ruminating over her sexual past and current fantasies, in the company of only her aging cat, J observes the comic, sometimes steamy goings-on among her faded-glamour condo neighbors. One of them, a caring nurse, befriends her, eventually offering the opinion that \"if you retire from love . . . then you retire from life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Alison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1936787121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936787128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/20\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2016 pg. 84","brand":"Jane Alison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983856730367,"sku":"9781936787128","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37c66622-01d9-41cb-95ce-e9a9f0433197.jpg?v=1683269120","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nine-island-jane-alison-9781936787128","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}