{"product_id":"the-party-upstairs-paperback","title":"The Party Upstairs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLee Conell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn electrifying debut novel that unfolds in the course of a single day inside one genteel New York City apartment building, as tensions between the building's super and his grown-up daughter spark a crisis that will, by day's end, change everything.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRuby has a strange relationship to privilege. She grew up the super's daughter in the basement of an Upper West Side co-op that gets more gentrified with each passing year. Though not economically privileged herself, her close childhood friendship with Caroline, the daughter of affluent tenants, and the mere fact of living in such a wealthy neighborhood, close to her beloved Natural History Museum, brought her certain advantages, even expectations. Naturally Ruby followed her dreams and took out loans to attend a prestigious small liberal arts college and explore her interest in art. But now, out of school for a while, she is no closer to her dream job, or anything resembling it, and she's been forced by circumstances to do the last thing she wanted to do: move back in with her parents, back into the basement. And Caroline is throwing one of her parties tonight, in her father's glorious penthouse apartment, a party Ruby looks forward to and dreads in equal measure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a thriller's narrative control, \u003ci\u003eThe Party Upstairs \u003c\/i\u003edistills worlds of wisdom about families, great expectations, and the hidden violence of class into the gripping, darkly witty story of a single fateful day inside the Manhattan co-op Ruby calls home.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLee Conell is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eSubcortical\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded The Story Prize's Spotlight Award. Her short fiction has received the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune'\u003c\/i\u003es Nelson Algren Award and appears in the \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of creative writing fellowships from the Japan-United States Friendship Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Tennessee Arts Commission, and the Sewanee Writers' Conference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 06, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767808327968,"sku":"9781984880291","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dce8aec6a9adcf40dcad6987516e37d7.webp?v=1780317734","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-party-upstairs-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}