{"product_id":"simone-in-pieces-paperback-softback-9780299353841","title":"Simone in Pieces (Paperback \/ softback) 9780299353841","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSimone in Pieces\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJanet Burroway (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299353841\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 November 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brilliant in conception and dazzlingly adept in its technical execution, \u003ci\u003eSimone in Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e proves once again that Burroway is a national treasure. She is at the height of her prodigious powers, exploring the great and enduring theme of literary art: the yearning for a self, for an identity, for a place in the universe. This is a must read.\" - Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Good Scent from a Strange Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In this brilliantly structured novel, Burroway presents the life of her heroine through the eyes of characters who come irresistibly to life and in turn bring Simone to life. Burroway writes with virtuosic authority about a life spanning more than sixty years the result is both compelling and deeply satisfying. I would have followed Simone anywhere.\" - Margot Livesey, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Road from Belhaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is stupendous. I loved it so, so much. An assemblage, fragments that bring vividly to life a woman, an era, a world - or rather many worlds - this book is a marvel and a delight.\" - Ayelet Waldman, author of \u003ci\u003eLove and Treasure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"If there were such a thing as a cubist novel, \u003ci\u003eSimone in Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e would define the genre. Every chapter captures the woman at its center from a different angle, each a dazzling surprise. Burroway has found a brilliant way to portray a woman in search of herself and her dire history, lost and found many times over.\" - Rosellen Brown, author of \u003ci\u003eBefore and After\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A capacious novel. For more than sixty years, Simone navigates her career and relationships, working through traumas and fragmented memory, and strives for self-realization during a precarious time for a woman academic. Moving, courageous, and thought provoking, Simone's quest is both a love story and a triumph over her childhood tragedies.\" - Yang Huang, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Good Son\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReaders first meet Simone Lerrante, a Belgian war orphan, as a child refugee in Sussex, England, her memory damaged by trauma. The novel offers a kaleidoscopic vision of Simone's fractured life and piecemeal understanding of self across multiple points of view. Following her from Cambridge to New York City and across the United States - through a disastrous marriage, thwarted desire, and the purgatory of academic backwaters - the novel charts Simone's unexpected reconnection with her past, which provides both autonomy and inspiration for her future. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the vein of Elizabeth Strout's \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge\u003c\/i\u003e, Janet Burroway slowly reveals a multifaceted, fascinating protagonist, who observes her own life without always allowing herself to be immersed in it. Spanning seven decades, this story is both epic and contained, rewarding readers at every turn.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTransit: Ostend - Dover, 94 \/ 9 4 \u003cbr\u003e One: Anglo Erotica \u003cbr\u003e The Love Song of Johnny A. Purdy, 944 \u003cbr\u003e Transit: London\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003endash Hertfordshire, 94 \u003cbr\u003e 2 Home Help, 948\/ 978 \u003cbr\u003e 3 Straight Home, 95 \u003cbr\u003e 4. Lady Lazarus, 95 \u003cbr\u003e Two: Zoological \u003cbr\u003e Transit: Southampton, England\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003endash New York, NY, 957 \u003cbr\u003e 5 Oracles, 958 \u003cbr\u003e Transit: Lovelock, Nevada\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003endash San Francisco, 9 \u003cbr\u003e Animal Crackers, 95 \/ 9 3 \u003cbr\u003e Three: Missouri Compromise \u003cbr\u003e Transit: District of Columbia\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003endash Columbia, MO, 9 4 \u003cbr\u003e 7 Friendly Fire, 9 7 \u003cbr\u003e Transit: Atlanta\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003endash St. Louis, 97 \u003cbr\u003e 8 Time Lapse, 975 \u003cbr\u003e Transit: Around and Around, 97 \u003cbr\u003e 9 White Space, 977 \u003cbr\u003e Transit: Twickenham, Middlesex\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003endash Jepson, MO, 98 \u003cbr\u003e Four: All the Difference \u003cbr\u003e Newcomer, 983 \u003cbr\u003e Deconstruction, 987 \u003cbr\u003e Transit: Jepson, MO\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003emdash Hanover, NH 988 \u003cbr\u003e Five: Home Help \u003cbr\u003e 2 And Be One Traveler, 989 \u003cbr\u003e Transit: Vienna\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003endash Budapest, 989 \u003cbr\u003e 3 Broken Home, 99 \u003cbr\u003e Transit: Shore to Shore, 995 \u003cbr\u003e 4 I Arrive Alone, 2 \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676611014936,"sku":"9780299353841","price":13.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/simone-in-pieces-paperback-softback-9780299353841","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}