{"product_id":"the-turnout-paperback","title":"The Turnout: A Read with Jenna Pick - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMegan Abbott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Impossible to put down, creepy and claustrophobic. It's 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane' in ballet shoes.\" --Stephen King \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eNPR - \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal - Boston Globe - Library Journal - CrimeReads - LitReactor - Air Mail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eLonglisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAn Instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and award-winning author Megan Abbott's exquisite and disquieting new novel, \"dark and juicy and tinged with horror\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Books Review\u003c\/i\u003e), set against the hothouse of a family-run ballet studio. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith their long necks and matching buns and pink tights, Dara and Marie Durant have been dancers since they can remember. Growing up, they were homeschooled and trained by their glamorous mother, founder of the Durant School of Dance. After their parents' death in a tragic accident nearly a dozen years ago, the sisters began running the school together, along with Charlie, Dara's husband and once their mother's prized student. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarie, warm and soft, teaches the younger students; Dara, with her precision, trains the older ones; and Charlie, sidelined from dancing after years of injuries, rules over the back office. Circling around one another, the three have perfected a dance, six days a week, that keeps the studio thriving. But when a suspicious accident occurs, just at the onset of the school's annual performance of \u003ci\u003eThe Nutcracker--\u003c\/i\u003ea season of competition, anxiety, and exhilaration--an interloper arrives and threatens the sisters' delicate balance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaut and unnerving, \u003ci\u003eThe Turnout \u003c\/i\u003eis Megan Abbott at the height of her game. With uncanny insight and hypnotic writing, it is a sharp and strange dissection of family ties and sexuality, femininity and power, and a tale that is both alarming and irresistible.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMegan Abbott\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of ten novels, including \u003ci\u003eGive Me Your Hand\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e You Will Know Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Fever\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDare Me\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe End of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e. She received her PhD in literature from New York University. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the co-creator and executive producer of USA's adaptation of \u003ci\u003eDare Me\u003c\/i\u003e and was a staff writer on HBO's David Simon show \u003ci\u003eThe Deuce\u003c\/i\u003e. Abbott lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42097563336839,"sku":"9780593084922","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/35a1d9ebf25271563cac21b4dadfdd38.webp?v=1732353549","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-turnout-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}