{"product_id":"friends-of-the-museum-9781668031285","title":"Friends of the Museum","description":"\u003cb\u003eCoworkers at a legendary but troubled New York City museum struggle with issues large and small over the course of one extraordinary day in this whip-smart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enovel that is \"satirical and incisive...like nothing you've ready before\" (\u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Diane Schwebe, the director of a major New York museum, is awakened in the early morning by a text message from the museum's lawyer, it is the start of a twenty-four-hour roller-coaster ride. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Diane has sacrificed many things in her life to help the fading institution stave off irrelevance and financial ruin. In this battle, she's surrounded by her stalwart supporters: her enigmatic and tireless personal assistant; the museum's trusty head of security; and its general counsel--a man whose ability to weasel his way out of a jam is matched only by his capacity to avoid learning anything from the experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Orbiting Diane is a motley assortment of museum employees, each on the precipice of collapse or revelation: among them a line cook staring down a huge opportunity he's not sure he wants; a costume curator stuck in an inescapable rut; and the ambivalent curator of the museum's film program, whose first day on the job might very well be his last. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On this day of the museum's annual gala, every plate that Diane has kept spinning will fall and by daybreak, someone will be dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wise, surprising, and darkly funny, \u003ci\u003eFriends of the Museum\u003c\/i\u003e is a kaleidoscopic \"marvel\" (Mona Awad, author of \u003ci\u003eBunny\u003c\/i\u003e) that surges along to the unstoppable tick of the clock, leaving you on the edge of your seat until the final second.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heather McGowan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.31w x 1.24d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668031285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeather McGowan is the author of \u003ci\u003eFriends of the Museum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSchooling\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDuchess of Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSchooling\u003c\/i\u003e was named a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eHartford\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCourant\u003c\/i\u003e. McGowan received an MFA from Brown University and has been awarded the Rome Prize in Literature and the Berlin Prize Fellowship for Fiction at the American Academy in Berlin.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Heather McGowan \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48229479841949,"sku":"9781668031285","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_746f81a0-e5f9-42d1-881c-a69f2377dabf.jpg?v=1778576386","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/friends-of-the-museum-9781668031285","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}