{"product_id":"fair-ones-a-double-novel-9781324123675","title":"Fair Ones: A Double Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eLydia Millet's dialogue-driven, fast-moving double novel \u003cem\u003eFair Ones\u003c\/em\u003e follows two Brooklyn women in their forties reeling from the sudden and baffling death of their friend Claire. \u003cem\u003eFair\u003c\/em\u003e, Mara's account, opens in the wake of initial shock as she and Jen come to grips with the enigma of Claire's killing. \u003cem\u003eOnes\u003c\/em\u003e, told from Jen's point of view, picks up a year later as she and Mara wrestle with new relationships and old secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this vibrant, funny-sad fiction of companionship and solitude, Millet dazzles with dry wit and sharp prose. The narrators' inner and outer conversations, and their ongoing entanglement with the memory of Claire, explore the ways we create and define ourselves through others. \u003cem\u003eFair Ones\u003c\/em\u003e is a love song to the intricate annoyances of families both chosen and unchosen--and to the banality, bombast, and humble beauties of midlife friendships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lydia Millet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324123675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2026 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMillet, Lydia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eLydia Millet\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of more than twenty books, including \u003cem\u003eA Children's Bible\u003c\/em\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award and one of the New York Times \"10 Best Books\" of the year in 2020, and a story collection called \u003cem\u003eLove in Infant Monkeys\u003c\/em\u003e that was a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize. Other books have won awards from PEN-Center USA and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Millet works at the Center for Biological Diversity and lives outside Tucson, Arizona.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Lydia Millet \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":49001582067869,"sku":"9781324123675","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_02f4af0a-9d1e-4408-bb8d-7974fc15b436.jpg?v=1791980851","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/fair-ones-a-double-novel-9781324123675","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}