{"product_id":"9780393323566","title":"I, the Divine: A Novel in First Chapters","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e's Great American Novels\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed after the \"divine\" Sarah Bernhardt, red-haired Sarah Nour El-Din is \"wonderful, irresistibly unique, funny, and amazing,\" raves Amy Tan. Determined to make of her life a work of art, she tries to tell her story, sometimes casting it as a memoir, sometimes a novel, always fascinatingly incomplete.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Alameddine's new novel unfolds like a secret... creating a tale...humorous and heartbreaking and always real\" (\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e). \"[W]ith each new approach, [Sarah] sheds another layer of her pretension, revealing another truth about her humanity\" (\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e). Raised in a hybrid family shaped by divorce and remarriage, and by Beirut in wartime, Sarah finds a fragile peace in self-imposed exile in the United States. Her extraordinary dignity is supported by a best friend, a grown-up son, occasional sensual pleasures, and her determination to tell her own story. \"Like her narrative, [Sarah's] life is broken and fragmented. [But] the bright, strange, often startling pieces...are moving and memorable\" (\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e). Reading group guide included.","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43333911511101,"sku":"9780393323566","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780393323566_p0.jpg?v=1783650724","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780393323566","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}