{"product_id":"the-life-room-paperback","title":"The Life Room - 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\u003eJill Bialosky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleanor Cahn, a professor of literature, wife of a preeminent surgeon, and devoted mother of two, is in Paris to present a paper on \u003cem\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/em\u003e. A chance encounter brings to the surface passions she has suppressed for years. As \u003cem\u003eThe Life Room \u003c\/em\u003eunfolds, we learn the secrets of her erotic past: ethereal William, her high school boyfriend; her role as muse to troubled painter Adam; her marriage to loyal, steady Michael. On her return to New York, Eleanor's charged attraction to another man takes on a life of its own, threatening to destroy everything she has. Jill Bialosky has created a fresh, piercingly real heroine who must choose between responsibility and desire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleanor Cahn is a professor of literature, the wife of a successful surgeon, and a devoted mother. But on a trip to Paris to present a paper on Anna Karenina, Eleanor re-connects with Stephen a childhood friend, and more. The encounter ignites a discontent that she struggles alternately to suppress and to explore, and reawakens memories of herhidden erotic past: with alluring, elusive Stephen; with ethereal William, her high school boyfriend; with married, egotistical Adam, the painter who initiated her into the intimacies of the \"life room,\" where the artist s model sometimes becomes muse; and with loyal, steady Michael, her husband. On her return to New York, Eleanor and Stephen s charged attraction takes on a life of its own and threatens to destroy everything she has. \u003cbr\u003eJill Bialosky has created a fresh, piercingly real heroine caught, like Tolstoy s immortal Anna Karenina, between desire and responsibility. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"[A] suspenseful tale ... Bialosky explores the idea that needy people are often the most powerful and destabilizing. We're not sure why Eleanor wants to have an affair ... but we believe she does--and with a kind of reckless illogic that would do Tolstoy proud.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003eEleanor Cahn, a professor of literature, wife of a preeminent surgeon, and devoted mother of two, is in Paris to present a paper on \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e. A chance encounter brings to the surface passions she has suppressed for years. As \u003ci\u003eThe Life Room \u003c\/i\u003eunfolds, we learn the secrets of her erotic past: ethereal William, her high school boyfriend; her role as muse to troubled painter Adam; her marriage to loyal, steady Michael. On her return to New York, Eleanor's charged attraction to another man takes on a life of its own, threatening to destroy everything she has. Jill Bialosky has created a fresh, piercingly real heroine who must choose between responsibility and desire.\"Bialosky creates a character brave enough to look back and try to regenerate all the emotional intensity of her younger self. Eleanor Cahn's journey is not just a reawakening, but a reclamation of a vital part of herself long buried under domestic minutiae and the travails of balancing family and career.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"[Eleanor's]resolute self-destruction, with love the prime weapon, gives this novel the feel of an oncoming train.--\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003eFavorite Book of 2007jillbialosky.com\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJILL BIALOSKY is the author of the acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eHouse Under Snow\u003c\/i\u003e and three collections of poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Desire, Subterranean, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIntruder. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is an editor at W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company and lives in New York City. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 7.96 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43156459061311,"sku":"9780156034326","price":21.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/KtAIWPKxZU9780156034326.webp?v=1776972476","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-life-room-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}