{"product_id":"i-give-it-to-you-paperback","title":"I Give It to You - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eValerie Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA timeless story of family, war, art, and betrayal set around an ancient, ancestral home in the Tuscan countryside from bestselling novelist Valerie Martin.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Jan Vidor, an American writer and academic, rents an apartment in a Tuscan villa for the summer, she plans to spend her break working on a novel about Mussolini. Instead, she finds herself captivated by her aristocratic landlady, the elegant, acerbic Beatrice Salviati Bartolo Doyle, whose family has owned Villa Chiara for generations. Jan is intrigued by Beatrice's stories of World War II, particularly by the tragic fate of her uncle Sandro, who was mysteriously murdered in the driveway of the villa at the conclusion of the war. Day by day, Beatrice makes Jan privy to her family history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs years go by and the friendship is sustained by infrequent meetings, Jan finds she can't resist writing Beatrice's story. But as she works on the novel, it becomes clear that the villa itself is at risk and that Beatrice is incapable of saving it. Jan understands that she is telling the story of a catastrophe her friend might prefer to conceal. She presses on.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eValerie Martin is the author of ten novels, including\u003ci\u003e The Ghost of the Mary Celeste\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Confessions of Edward Day\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrespass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMary Reilly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eItalian Fever\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eProperty\u003c\/i\u003e; three collections of short fiction; and a biography of Saint Francis of Assisi, titled \u003ci\u003eSalvation\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as the Kafka Prize (for \u003ci\u003eMary Reilly\u003c\/i\u003e) and Britain's Women's Prize (for \u003ci\u003eProperty\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768079450400,"sku":"9780593082119","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/32cce78b78a71a86533a77498d839e56.webp?v=1780324220","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/i-give-it-to-you-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}