{"product_id":"mia-hardcover-3","title":"MIA - Hardcover","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\u003eLeslie Bazzett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stylish, unsettling work of psychological suspense about an American woman, adrift in Mexico for a year, whose chance encounter with a glamorous older expat spirals into obsession and betrayal.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere's no one, there's only you.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Sally, an American living in San Miguel de Allende, meets Louise outside her children's school, she's eager to immerse herself more deeply in the life of the city. In Mexico for just a year with her husband, an architect, Sally is entranced by Louise--her elegance, her harshness, her stories about Burroughs, Ginsberg, and Kerouac--and the two quickly become inseparable. Soon enough, Louise has begun calling her Mia\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand, at first playfully, then in earnest, introducing Sally as her daughter to a growing circle of friends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns enthralled with the possibility of a new identity in Mexico and troubled by Louise's magnetic hold over her, Sally attempts to keep the relationship a secret from her husband. As the specter of Sally's troubled childhood looms, and Louise's self-mythologizing tightens its grip, the two women test the limits of reinvention--until their fictions threaten the security of Sally's flesh-and-blood family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA taut, beguiling work of psychological suspense, \u003ci\u003eMia \u003c\/i\u003eis a mother-daughter story turned on its head and a high-intensity fable about the limitations of playing a role that doesn't belong to you.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeslie Bazzett's fiction debuted in the\u003ci\u003e New England Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Subsequent work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNER\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCarolina Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWest Branch\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Louisville Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places. One of her stories in \u003ci\u003eNER \u003c\/i\u003ereceived \"Special Mention\" in the Pushcart Prize Anthology and another was listed as \"Notable\" in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a finalist for a Rona Jaffe Award and a recipient of the NER Award for Emerging Writers. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, poet Michael Bazzett, and their two children. \u003ci\u003eMia \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48875256316153,"sku":"9781668227329","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Q6xdcfbWRR9781668227329_cfee16dc-c5da-43f3-9856-6544f28b0893.webp?v=1787333579","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/mia-hardcover-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}