{"product_id":"siracusa-used-paperback-delia-ephron","title":"Siracusa (Used Paperback) - Delia Ephron","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDelia Ephron's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSiracusa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a stunning portrait of two marriages coming unraveled during the stress of travel abroad. Insightful and engaging. A must-read!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSue Grafton, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSiracusa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an Italian aria, a Greek tragedy and a modern American masterpiece written by Delia Ephron at the height of her powers. This is a story of two complicated marriages, one vulnerable child, and a trip to Italy that changes each of their lives forever. Secrets, lies, love raging, love dying, and the shame of unrealized potential are exposed in detail under the Sicilian sun. And, like the Moro blood oranges that grow there with abandon, the taste is both sour and sweet at once, but the bitterness that remains is not only haunting but unforgettable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdriana Trigiani, author of\u003ci\u003eThe Shoemaker's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSiracusa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an unusually crackling, tricky journey into the distant land of other people's marriages: their secrets, paradoxes, weaknesses, and pleasures. Delia Ephron writes like a warm-blooded Patricia Highsmith, her story's treachery matched by a deep and easy feel for the various human, imperfect ways that people find themselves bound together, and sometimes painstakingly unbind themselves. An absorbing, tense, and original novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeg Wolitzer, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Interestings\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn electrifying novel about marriage and deceit from bestselling author Delia Ephron that follows two couples on vacation in Siracusa, a town on the coast of Sicily, where the secrets they have hidden from one another are exposed and relationships are unraveled.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew Yorkers Michael, a famous writer, and Lizzie, a journalist, travel to Italy with their friends from Maine Finn; his wife, Taylor; and their daughter, Snow. From the beginning, says Taylor, it was a conspiracy for Lizzie and Finn to be together. Told \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRashomon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-style in alternating points of view, the characters expose and stumble upon lies and infidelities past and present. Snow, ten years old and precociously drawn into a far more adult drama, becomes the catalyst for catastrophe as the novel explores collusion and betrayal in marriage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith her inimitable psychological astuteness and uncanny understanding of the human heart, Ephron delivers a powerful meditation on marriage, friendship, and the meaning of travel. Set on the sun-drenched coast of the Ionian Sea, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSiracusa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e unfolds with the pacing of a psychological thriller and delivers an unexpected final act that none will see coming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0630ML\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reach Literacy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53264893870304,"sku":"Fiction","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0431\/0794\/2562\/files\/33258264.jpg?v=1782850629","url":"https:\/\/reachareader.com\/products\/siracusa-used-paperback-delia-ephron","provider":"Reach Literacy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}