{"product_id":"feast-your-eyes","title":"Feast Your Eyes","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eFeast Your Eyes\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMyla Goldberg\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781501197840\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eScribner\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e336\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e2019 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e2020 Chautauqua Prize Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe first novel in nearly a decade from Myla Goldberg, the award-winning, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBee Season\u003c\/i\u003e--a compelling and wholly original story about a female photographer grappling with ambition and motherhood, a balancing act familiar to women of every generation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eFeast Your Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, framed as the catalogue notes from a photography show at the Museum of Modern Art, tells the life story of Lillian Preston: \"America's Worst Mother, America's Bravest Mother, America's Worst Photographer, or America's Greatest Photographer, depending on who was talking.\" After discovering photography as a teenager through her high school's photo club, Lillian rejects her parents' expectations of college and marriage and moves to New York City in 1955. When a small gallery exhibits partially nude photographs of Lillian and her daughter Samantha, Lillian is arrested, thrust into the national spotlight, and targeted with an obscenity charge. Mother and daughter's sudden notoriety changes the course of both of their lives and especially Lillian's career as she continues a life-long quest for artistic legitimacy and recognition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrated by Samantha, \u003ci\u003eFeast Your Eyes \u003c\/i\u003ereads as a collection of Samantha's memories, interviews with Lillian's friends and lovers, and excerpts from Lillian's journals and letters--a collage of stories and impressions, together amounting to an astounding portrait of a mother and an artist dedicated, above all, to a vision of beauty, truth, and authenticity.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Feast Your Eyes | Myla Goldberg | Hardcover | 9781501197840 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks A 1774430","offer_id":49674930290840,"sku":"1774430","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71wVZoBILYL.jpg?v=1786561715","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/feast-your-eyes","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}