{"product_id":"close-up-paperback-2","title":"Close-Up - 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\u003eMichelle Herman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story about the ties that bind us, \u003ci\u003eClose-Up\u003c\/i\u003e explores what makes, drives, complicates, and undermines our most important relationships. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this artful, expansive novel, we follow five protagonists--Jacob, Martin, Caroline, Jeanie, and Jill--through love, marriage, parenthood, and the romance of friendship as they struggle to make sense of themselves and each other and of what makes for good art, good magic, and a good life. What follows is a story only Michelle Herman could write: one of missed connections and old grievances, of loneliness and longing, of rifts and reconciliations and redemption. \u003ci\u003eClose-Up\u003c\/i\u003e depicts the fraught entanglements of the relationships we're born into and those we choose--carefully or with abandon--with the precision and nuance that has characterized her work over the last thirty years.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMICHELLE HERMAN is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eMissing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDog\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDevotion\u003c\/i\u003e and the collection of novellas \u003ci\u003eA New and Glorious Life\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as three essay collections--\u003ci\u003eThe Middle of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStories We Tell Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLike A Song\u003c\/i\u003e--and a book for children, \u003ci\u003eA Girl's Guide to Life\u003c\/i\u003e. She writes a popular parenting column for\u003ci\u003e Slate\u003c\/i\u003e and has taught creative writing for many years at Ohio State. She lives in Columbus, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48813194641547,"sku":"9780578905280","price":38.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/FA4jzYMqeZ9780578905280.webp?v=1785577867","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/close-up-paperback-2","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}