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Local Author Signing with Jill Bialosky
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Jill Bialosky is the author of four acclaimed collections of poetry. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Atlantic, among others. She is the author of several books, including History of a Suicide, Asylum, and Poetry Will Save Your Life. In 2015, Jill was honored by the Poetry Society of America for her distinguished contribution to the field of poetry. She lives in New York City. Find out more atJillBialosky.com.
The Deceptions: A Novel
An explosive tale of art and myth, desire and betrayal, from New York Times best-selling author Jill Bialosky
"Bialosky
urgently captures the moment in an adult's life when reflection leads
to regret, and a desire to recapture the promise of one's youth becomes a
kind of desperation. A vulnerable and searching tale of art, myth, and
mortality." —Oprah Daily
Something terrible has happened and I don’t know what to do. An
unnamed narrator’s life is unraveling. Her only child has left home,
and her twenty-year marriage is strained. Anticipation about her
soon-to-be-released book of poetry looms. She seeks answers to the
paradoxes of love, desire, and parenthood among the Greek and Roman gods
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As she passes her days teaching at a
boys’ prep school, spending her off-hours sequestered in the museum's
austere galleries, she is haunted by memories of a yearlong friendship
with a colleague, a fellow poet struggling with his craft. As secret
betrayals and deceptions come to light and rage threatens to overwhelm
her, the pantheon of gods assume remarkably vivid lives of their own,
forcing her to choose between reality and myth in an effort to free
herself from the patriarchal constraints of the past and embrace a new
vision for her future.
The Deceptions is a
page-turning and seductively told exploration of female sexuality and
ambition as well as a human drama that dares to test the stories we tell
ourselves. It is also a brilliant investigation of a life caught
between the dueling magnetic poles of privacy and its appropriation in
art and literature. Celebrated poet, memoirist, and novelist Jill
Bialosky has reached new and daring heights in her boldest work yet.
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