{"product_id":"was-she-pretty-leanne-shapton-9781770462274","title":"Was She Pretty?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dreamy exploration of relationships and jealousy . . . pithy and deadpan . . . It's no self-help book.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat's left when a relationship ends? Where does jealousy come from? Delicately and sensitively, Leanne Shapton (\u003ci\u003eSwimming Studies\u003c\/i\u003e) ruminates on ex-lovers, and our lovers' ex-lovers. A few expressive pencil lines outline a long-abandoned winter coat here, an ineffably alluring Mona Lisa smile there. Each double page describes the way all exes are captured: as impossible to live up to as a Polaroid taken at a flattering angle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new paperback edition of \u003ci\u003eWas She Pretty? \u003c\/i\u003ebrings the reader deep into a circle of phantoms: its intimate liaisons, embarrassing secrets, and sardonic anecdotes. Shapton introduces the obsessives and the dilettantes, the poets and the actresses, the people with great hair and the people with idiosyncratic clothes. As funny as it is insightful, \u003ci\u003eWas She Pretty? \u003c\/i\u003espeaks to a central human concern: How do we compare? Elegantly drawn and perfectly narrated, the pages of \u003ci\u003eWas She Pretty? \u003c\/i\u003eare a testimonial to the power of observation and misapprehension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leanne Shapton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770462279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770462274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Leanne Shapton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989473591551,"sku":"9781770462274","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26b8570e-a8ca-4974-a2aa-8335c49f59bf.jpg?v=1683299706","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/was-she-pretty-leanne-shapton-9781770462274","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}