{"product_id":"enchantment-paperback-3","title":"Enchantment - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaphne Merkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVivian Gornick\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold, provocative \"pioneering novel\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) about family, womanhood, and growing up\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet on Manhattan's Upper East Side, \u003ci\u003eEnchantment\u003c\/i\u003e is narrated by Hannah Lehmann, the wry survivor of a troubled childhood. Hannah's perceptions of her Orthodox German Jewish heritage--her five brothers and sisters, the complicated power of families, the madness of money, the obsessive workings of memory itself--are as disquieting in their sharpness as they are lucid in their irony. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe world, she finds, is a treacherous place where love is closely knit with pain, but even the limitations of her own point of view are not lost on Hannah. She is all too aware that her perspective is fixed in the vise of her childhood: \"My mother,\" she says, \"is the source of my unease in the world and thus the only person who can make me feel at home in the world.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a novel about what people say when they are talking to themselves; what families look like when they are not observed by others. Provocative, hawkishly observed, and devastating in its reliability, Daphne Merkin's \u003ci\u003eEnchantment \u003c\/i\u003eis a searing and unforgettable exploration of family and self.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaphne Merkin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eEnchantment\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Edward Lewis Wallant Award for best novel on a Jewish theme, as well as two collections of essays, and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eThis Close to Happy\u003c\/i\u003e. A former staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, her essays frequently appear in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDepartures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eELLE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTravel + Leisure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTablet\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. Merkin has taught writing at the 92nd Street Y, Marymount Manhattan College, and Hunter College, and she currently teaches at Columbia University's MFA program. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47255789306105,"sku":"9780374140397","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ehWJCS-OXS9780374140397.webp?v=1768725945","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/enchantment-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}