{"product_id":"famous-men-9780593229958","title":"Famous Men","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eMarlena \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a vivid, uncompromising novel about a young woman looking for a father and finding herself.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Julie Buntin understands the complexity of morality, declining easy answers to difficult questions about art and ethics as well as sex and desire. I tore through it.\"--Rumaan Alam, author of \u003ci\u003eEntitlement\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLeave the World Behind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Haunting and knife-bright . . . \u003ci\u003eFamous Men \u003c\/i\u003erenders womanhood with unsettling clarity.\"--Kiley Reid, author of \u003ci\u003eCome and Get It \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Such a Fun Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe right book at the right time can change your life.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill Miles is trapped. Trapped in tiny Greening, Michigan, where a toxic high school rumor has turned her into a social exile. Trapped in the predictable routines of her mother, and under the unrelenting gaze of her mother's increasingly sinister boyfriend. But when Will stumbles across the early poems of Nathaniel Fellow, a famous writer forty years her senior who also grew up in Greening, she feels she's found a kindred spirit. A passing comment from her mother only adds to Will's fascination: Is Nathaniel the father she's never known? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill orchestrates a plan to track Nathaniel down, following in his footsteps to New York City, where she learns he's not the answer to her past, not the way she imagined. But their meeting sparks a complicated, consuming relationship that gives Will sidelong access to a world she's only ever imagined: of writers and intellectuals, a financial safety net, and, most intoxicatingly, a glimpse into her own potential. But who is Nathaniel Fellow, off the page? And what will shaping her life to suit his cost her? When a torrent of information about his past threatens not just her life with Nathaniel, but the story she tells herself about him, Will is faced with a choice that will change everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gripping novel about ambition, parents and children, and all the ways women still pay for men's mistakes, \u003ci\u003eFamous Men\u003c\/i\u003e traces one woman's journey to the truth of where she comes from, what she's capable of, and how she might start again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Buntin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.52h x 6.33w x 1.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593229958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Buntin\u003c\/b\u003e's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eMarlena\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize, released in ten territories worldwide, and named a best book of the year by over a dozen outlets, including \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, and \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews.\u003c\/i\u003e She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eNotes to New Mothers, \u003c\/i\u003ea collection of dispatches from postpartum life by sixty writers and artists. Previously, Buntin was an editor and director of writing programs at Catapult. Now, she writes and teaches in Ann Arbor, where she is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Julie Buntin \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48685071859869,"sku":"9780593229958","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5cc351a1-1954-429e-9db6-accc936569a3.jpg?v=1784713874","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/famous-men-9780593229958","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}