{"product_id":"twains-end-lynn-cullen-9781476758961","title":"Twain's End","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Reputation-squaring novel. Cullen splashes a surplus of fuel onto her incendiary raw material.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Ms. Cullen is the Bronte of our day.\" \u003ci\u003e--Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \"\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e Pick\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Intelligently drawn.\" \u003ci\u003e--Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eStarred Review from \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling and highly acclaimed author of the \"page-turning tale\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) \u003ci\u003eMrs. Poe \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a fictionalized imagining of the personal life of America's most iconic writer: Mark Twain.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn March of 1909, Mark Twain cheerfully blessed the wedding of his private secretary, Isabel V. Lyon, and his business manager, Ralph Ashcroft. One month later, he fired both. He proceeded to write a ferocious 429-page rant about the pair, calling Isabel \"a liar, a forger, a thief, a hypocrite, a drunkard, a sneak, a humbug, a traitor, a conspirator, a filthy-minded and salacious slut pining for seduction.\" Twain and his daughter, Clara Clemens, then slandered Isabel in the newspapers, erasing her nearly seven years of devoted service to their family. How did Lyon go from being the beloved secretary who ran Twain's life to a woman he was determined to destroy? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTwain's End\u003c\/i\u003e, Lynn Cullen reimagines the tangled relationships between Twain, Lyon, and Ashcroft, as well as the little-known love triangle between Helen Keller, her teacher Anne Sullivan Macy, and Anne's husband, John Macy, which comes to light during their visit to Twain's Connecticut home in 1909. Add to the party a furious Clara Clemens, smarting from her own failed love affair, and carefully kept veneers shatter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on Isabel Lyon's extant diary, Twain's writings and letters, and events in Twain's boyhood that may have altered his ability to love, \u003ci\u003eTwain's End\u003c\/i\u003e explores this real-life tale of doomed love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynn Cullen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476758964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476758961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.37w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2015 pg. 25 - Excellent\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2015 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2015 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/22\/2015 pg. 38","brand":"Lynn Cullen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44756720058623,"sku":"9781476758961","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c44ee978-6b86-4821-bc6c-e10e1d0845c5.jpg?v=1706593684","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/twains-end-lynn-cullen-9781476758961","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}