{"product_id":"the-truth-about-lorin-jones-paperback","title":"The Truth about Lorin Jones - 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\u003eAlison Lurie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this comedy by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a biographer out to vindicate a neglected female artist learns that the truth is never tidy. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Polly Alter is through with men. Recovering from her divorce, she has taken a year off from her museum job to write a biography of Lorin Jones, a sensitive painter who died young and nearly forgotten. Polly is determined to bring the artist the public acclaim she deserves, making up for the neglect and exploitation Lorin suffered from the men in her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The only problem with the story of Lorin's victimhood is that it may not be true. And as Polly wades deeper into her research, growing more attached to her subject, and more lost in the world of two decades past, she begins to realize that no life story is as simple as a biographer might wish. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The National Book Award-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs \u003c\/i\u003ewrites a daring and \"relentless comedy\" that novelist Edmund White calls \"one of the most entertaining novels I've read in a long time\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Alison Lurie including rare images from the author's collection.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlison Lurie (1926-2020) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of fiction and nonfiction. Born in Chicago and raised in White Plains, New York, she joined the English department at Cornell University in 1970, where she taught courses on children's literature, among others. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eLove and Friendship\u003c\/i\u003e (1962), is a story of romance and deception among the faculty of a snowbound New England college. It won favorable reviews and established her as a keen observer of love in academia. It was followed by the well-received \u003ci\u003eThe Nowhere City\u003c\/i\u003e (1966) and \u003ci\u003eThe War Between the Tates\u003c\/i\u003e (1974). In 1984, she published \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e, her best-known novel, which traces the erotic entanglements of two American professors in England. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985. Her most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eThe Last Resort\u003c\/i\u003e (1998). In addition to her novels, Lurie's interest in children's literature led to three collections of folk tales and two critical studies of the genre. Lurie officially retired from Cornell in 1998, but continued to teach and write in the years following. In 2012, she was awarded a two-year term as the official author of the state of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741413257437,"sku":"9798337211572","price":28.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/ckqTaRIk3d9798337211572.webp?v=1789883438","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-truth-about-lorin-jones-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}