{"product_id":"satellite-isle-mcelroy-9798217378913","title":"Satellite","description":"\u003cb\u003eA hypnotic, unforgettable novel about a married woman who finds herself at a crossroads after discovering a mysterious TV channel showing a woman who looks exactly like her\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003ebut is living a radically different life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the mid-90s, and Paul and Johanna are living a comfortable life in rural New Jersey. When Paul met and wooed Johanna, she was waiting tables at a miserable dive in North Carolina. Now, she has a nice house, a pool, and a purpose: her charming, devastatingly handsome husband, a successful small-business owner nine years her senior. So when Paul sits down to dinner one night and asks her for a divorce, Johanna is utterly blindsided. She refuses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon thereafter, Paul is paralyzed in an accident. Johanna becomes his devoted caretaker, and talk of separation is forgotten. In her free moments, Johanna watches television\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003esatellite TV, with its hundreds of channels, a reliable escape from her arduous days. Until she stumbles on something unusual: an extra channel, not found in the TV guide, whose only show is a round-the-clock feed of a woman who looks, acts, and talks just like her. Except this other Johanna lives in New York City, alone, and seems to have a different person in her bed every night. As watching morphs from hobby to obsession, the drama moves off-screen and begins to encroach on Johanna's real life, threatening everything she holds most dear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProvocative and profound, \u003ci\u003eSatellite\u003c\/i\u003e is a transfixing novel that boldly explores the love, care, boredom, pleasure, resentment, and connection that make a marriage--and how transgressive it can feel to choose yourself. As compulsively readable as it is deeply felt, this novel confirms Isle McElroy as a virtuosic writer at the height of their talents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isle McElroy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217378913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Isle McElroy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48997859361023,"sku":"9798217378913","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/satellite-isle-mcelroy-9798217378913","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}