{"product_id":"discipline-9781954245983","title":"Discipline","description":"\u003cp\u003e How does art mirror and shape our lives? Can it transcend the boundaries of time, wealth, and circumstance? Debra Spark--whose previous work the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e described as \"richly imaginative\" and \"real world magic\"--explores these themes in her new novel \u003ci\u003eDiscipline\u003c\/i\u003e. With a trio of important paintings missing, the book weaves together three narratives that span almost a century. From an inhumane boarding school in Maine in the late 1970s to a contemporary Boston art appraiser struggling with raising a teen to the long-lost love letters between a painter and his wife, \u003ci\u003eDiscipline\u003c\/i\u003e is a propulsive literary mystery about family strife and devotion, ambition and authorship, and the abiding and mysterious power of art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Inspired by the life and family of Walt Kuhn (the painter responsible for the 1913 Armory Show that introduced Americans to modernism) and the scandal-ridden Elan boarding school that was forced to shut down in 2011, this richly drawn, suspenseful novel shows Spark at her most masterful. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Four Way Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954245983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Debra Spark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43505920377013,"sku":"9781954245983","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1a430c4f-08f4-4c86-9c6d-10ef97ab1b80.jpg?v=1705426896","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/discipline-9781954245983","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}