{"product_id":"shirley-paperback-1","title":"Shirley - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Scarf Merrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ELIZABETH MOSS AND MICHAEL STUHLBARG  \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Susan Scarf Merrell brilliantly weaves events from Shirley Jackson's life into a hypnotic story line\"* in this darkly thrilling novel about the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lottery\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eTwo imposing literary figures are at the heart of this captivating novel: celebrated author Shirley Jackson and her husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman, a literary critic and professor at Bennington College. When a young graduate student and his pregnant wife--Fred and Rose Nemser--move into Shirley and Stanley's home in the fall of 1964, they quickly fall under the magnetic spell of their brilliant and unconventional hosts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Fred becomes preoccupied with his teaching schedule, Rose forms an unlikely, turbulent friendship with the troubled and unpredictable Shirley. Fascinated by the Hymans' volatile marriage and inexplicable drawn to the darkly enigmatic author, Rose nonetheless senses something amiss--something to do with nightly unanswered phone calls and inscrutable accounts of a long-missing female student. Chillingly atmospheric and evocative of Jackson's own classic stories, \u003ci\u003eShirley \u003c\/i\u003eis an elegant thriller with one of America's greatest horror writers at its heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Scarf Merrell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eShirley: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, now a major motion picture starring Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eA Member of the Family\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental Bond: How Sibling Connections Influence Adult Relationships\u003c\/i\u003e. She co-directs the Southampton Writers Conference, is program director (along with Meg Wolitzer) of the novel incubator program BookEnds, and teaches in the MFA in Creative Writing \u0026amp; Literature at Stony Brook Southampton. She served as fiction editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Southampton Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Essays, book reviews and short fiction appear most recently in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Common Online\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEast Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 07, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753815638304,"sku":"9780147516190","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6aa858bb5bfc4473fec1694658e81510.webp?v=1780027836","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shirley-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}