{"product_id":"the-fiction-class-paperback","title":"The Fiction Class - 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\u003eSusan Breen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead Susan Breen's posts on the Penguin Blog.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty, honest, and hugely entertaining story for anyone who loves books, or has a difficult mother. And, let's face it, that's practically everybody . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On paper, Arabella Hicks seems more than qualified to teach her fiction class on the Upper West Side: she's a writer herself; she's passionate about books; she's even named after the heroine in a Georgette Heyer novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the other hand, she's thirty-eight, single, and has been writing the same book for the last seven years. And she \u003ci\u003ehas\u003c\/i\u003e been distracted recently: on the same day that Arabella teaches her class she also visits her mother in a nursing home outside the city. And every time they argue. Arabella wants the fighting to stop, but, as her mother puts it, \"Just because we're family, doesn't mean we have to like each other.\" When her class takes a surprising turn and her lessons start to spill over into her weekly visits, she suddenly finds she might be holding the key to her mother's love and, dare she say it, her own inspiration. After all, as a lifelong lover of books, she knows the power of a good story.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Breen teaches fiction classes for Gotham Writers' Workshop in Manhattan. Her short stories have been published by a number of literary magazines, among them \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNorth Dakota Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also a contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe Writer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWriters' Digest\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Irvington, NY with her husband, children, two dogs and one cat.\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 0.65 x 7.96 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47261043458297,"sku":"9780452289109","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Czt03Yjlvf9780452289109.webp?v=1768793012","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-fiction-class-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}