{"product_id":"22-minutes-of-unconditional-love-paperback","title":"22 Minutes of Unconditional Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaphne Merkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Daphne Merkin meets the formidable challenge of describing female lust and romantic obsession with all the desired daring, candor, and skill. The result is a bracingly honest, keenly insightful, utterly compelling book.\" --Sigrid Nunez, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA harrowing, compulsively readable novel about breaking free of sexual obsession \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA novel of unsurpassed candor, punctuated by bold ruminations on love, marriage, family, sex, gender, and relationships, \u003ci\u003e 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love \u003c\/i\u003edepicts one woman's psychological descent into sexual captivity. This is the story of the extremes to which she will go to achieve erotic bliss--and of her struggle to regain her soul. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Daphne Merkin's audacious new novel opens, a wife and mother looks back at the moment when her life as a young book editor is upended by a casual encounter with an intriguing man who seems to intuit her every thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eC\u003c\/i\u003eonvinced she's found \u003ci\u003ethe one\u003c\/i\u003e, Judith Stone succumbs to the push and pull of her sexual entanglement with Howard Rose, constantly seeking his attention and approval. That is, until she realizes that beneath his erotic obsession with her, Howard is intent on obliterating any sense of self she possesses. As Merkin writes, his was \"the allure of remoteness, affection edged in ice.\" Escaping Howard's grasp--and her own perverse enjoyment of being under his control--will test the limits of Judith's capacity to resist the siren call of submission. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrated by Judith in a time before the #MeToo movement, \u003ci\u003e22 Minutes of Unconditional Love\u003c\/i\u003e charts the persistent hold the past has on us and the way it shapes our present.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaphne Merkin is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eEnchantment\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Edward Lewis Wallant Award for best novel on a Jewish theme, as well as two collections of essays, and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eThis Close to Happy\u003c\/i\u003e. A former staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, her essays frequently appear in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDepartures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eELLE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTravel + Leisure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTablet\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. Merkin has taught writing at the 92nd Street Y, Marymount Manhattan College, and Hunter College, and she currently teaches at Columbia University's MFA program. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 06, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101972140167,"sku":"9781250798657","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e7a642512bb867a948fba210572e0a67.webp?v=1732399369","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/22-minutes-of-unconditional-love-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}