{"product_id":"the-perfect-sonya-9780875652849","title":"The Perfect Sonya","description":"Actress Pauline Terry is so successful in a performance of Chekhov's \u003ci\u003eUncle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanya\u003c\/i\u003e that one critic calls her \"the perfect Sonya.\" But her life is not what she expected when she left Texas for Broadway. She swims in a fish tank in a New Jersey bar to make a living, most auditions do not result in callbacks, and her marriage is shaky. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCalled home by her father's imminent death, she confronts both the past she thought she'd left behind and her uncertain future. For solace she turns to her aunt's former husband, Will Hand, a professor and nature writer. But their affair is brief and leaves her more uncertain than ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBack in New York, Pauline realizes that her life onstage cannot make up for the emptiness of her life offstage. Her return to Texas was a transforming experience, leading her ultimately to come to terms with her childhood memories, her marriage, her dramatic ambitions, and finally, herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Sonya\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1987 by Viking Penguin, won the Jesse Jones Award for the Best Novel of 1987 from the Texas Institute of Letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Christian University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780875652849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.62w x 0.78d","brand":"Beverly Lowry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44273726193845,"sku":"9780875652849","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c02730b7-01bd-4f9c-8deb-7539840dc327.jpg?v=1718082218","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-perfect-sonya-9780875652849","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}