{"product_id":"the-fiction-class-9780452289109","title":"The Fiction Class","description":"\u003cb\u003eRead Susan Breen's posts on the Penguin Blog.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty, honest, and hugely entertaining story for anyone who loves books, or has a difficult mother. And, let's face it, that's practically everybody . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On paper, Arabella Hicks seems more than qualified to teach her fiction class on the Upper West Side: she's a writer herself; she's passionate about books; she's even named after the heroine in a Georgette Heyer novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the other hand, she's thirty-eight, single, and has been writing the same book for the last seven years. And she \u003ci\u003ehas\u003c\/i\u003e been distracted recently: on the same day that Arabella teaches her class she also visits her mother in a nursing home outside the city. And every time they argue. Arabella wants the fighting to stop, but, as her mother puts it, \"Just because we're family, doesn't mean we have to like each other.\" When her class takes a surprising turn and her lessons start to spill over into her weekly visits, she suddenly finds she might be holding the key to her mother's love and, dare she say it, her own inspiration. After all, as a lifelong lover of books, she knows the power of a good story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452289109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.30w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2007 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/10\/2007 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Susan Breen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44775944061109,"sku":"9780452289109","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_be178e91-552f-46c7-8e46-279c14468e94.jpg?v=1730821469","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-fiction-class-9780452289109","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}