{"product_id":"perfect-reader-paperback","title":"Perfect Reader - 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\u003eMaggie Pouncey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlora Dempsey is the headstrong only child of Lewis Dempsey, a college professor and world famous critic. When Lewis passes away, Flora returns to her New England hometown to act as his literary executor. There, she finds herself responsible for a manuscript that he was secretly writing at the end of his life--love poems to a girlfriend Flora didn't know he had. As Flora is besieged by well-wishers and literary vultures alike, she tries to figure out how to navigate it all: the fate of the poems, the girlfriend who wants a place in her life, the wounds left by her parents' divorce, and her uncertain future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brimming with energy, humor, and the elbow-patchy wisdom of Flora's still-vivid father, this enchanting debut\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis the uplifting story of a young woman striving to become the \"perfect reader\" of her father's life, as well as her own.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggie Pouncey\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in New York City and grew up there and in Amherst, Massachusetts, and New Haven, Connecticut. She received her B.A. and M.F.A. from Columbia University and has taught writing at Columbia, the Bard Prison Initiative, and the New York City nonprofit Girls Write Now. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.02 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44207902228615,"sku":"9780307474803","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/F9TK17bl59780307474803.webp?v=1773661822","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/perfect-reader-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}