{"product_id":"scaffolding-lauren-elkin-9781250397744","title":"Scaffolding","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year (So Far)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Most-Anticipated Book: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, BBC, \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOur Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e i news\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Smart and steamy . . . A beguiling puzzle--and a deep intellectual dive.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Scaffolding joins books by Rachel Cusk and Deborah Levy, and as an erudite lust quadrilateral interested in ethical quandaries, it may put you in mind of Sally Rooney.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Anthony Cummins, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe debut novel by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFl?neuse \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt Monsters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Lauren Elkin's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eScaffolding \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a story of Paris, desire, love, psychoanalysis, and the turbulent affairs of two couples across time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eParis, 2019. An apartment in Belleville. Following a miscarriage and a breakdown, Anna, a psychoanalyst, finds herself unable to return to work. Instead, she obsesses over a kitchen renovation and befriends a new neighbor--a younger woman called Cl?mentine who has just moved into the building and is part of a radical feminist collective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eParis, 1972. The same apartment in Belleville. Florence and Henry are renovating their kitchen. She is finishing her degree in psychology, dropping into feminist activities, and devotedly attending the groundbreaking, infamous seminars held by the renowned analyst Jacques Lacan. She is hoping to conceive their first child, though Henry isn't sure he's ready for fatherhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo couples, fifty years apart, face the challenges of marriage, fidelity, and pregnancy. They inhabit this same small space in separate but similar times--times charged with political upheaval and intellectual controversy. A novel in the key of ?ric Rohmer, Lauren Elkin's \u003ci\u003eScaffolding \u003c\/i\u003eis about the way our homes collect and hold our memories and our stories, about the bonds we create and the difficulty of ever fully severing them, about the ways all the people we've loved live on in us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lauren Elkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 125039774X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250397744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Lauren Elkin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489500877055,"sku":"9781250397744","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d7c9d16-0286-49ca-ae15-97efa1d4bd72.jpg?v=1736953737","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scaffolding-lauren-elkin-9781250397744","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}