Woman No. 17
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Woman No. 17 by Edan Lepucki
Washington Post Best Books of 2017 New York Times bestselling author Edan Lepucki's Woman No. 17 is a winning novel.-- New York Times Book Review
High in the Hollywood Hills, writer Lady Daniels has decided to take a break from her husband. Left alone with her children, she's going to need a hand taking care of her young son if she's ever going to finish her memoir. In response to a Craigslist ad, S arrives, a magnetic young artist who will live in the secluded guest house out back, care for Lady's toddler, Devin, and keep a watchful eye on her older, teenage son, Seth. S performs her day job beautifully, quickly drawing the entire family into her orbit, and becoming a confidante for Lady. But in the heat of the summer, S's connection to Lady's older son takes a disturbing, and possibly destructive, turn. And as Lady and S move closer to one another, the glossy veneer of Lady's privileged life begins to crack, threatening to expose old secrets that she has been keeping from her family. Meanwhile, S is protecting secrets of her own, about her real motivation for taking the job. S and Lady are both playing a careful game, and every move they make endangers the things they hold most dear. Darkly comic, twisty and tense, this mesmerizing new novel defies expectation and proves Edan Lepucki to be one of the most talented and exciting voices of her generation.
Edan Lepucki is an Oberlin College and University of Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus, and her short fiction has appeared in Narrative Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Meridian, FiveChapters, and McSweeney's, among other publications. She's a staff writer for The Millions and a creative writing instructor at UCLA Extension Writers' Program and Writing Workshops Los Angeles, which she created.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781101904251 |
| ISBN 10 | 1101904259 |
| Title | Woman No. 17 |
| Author | Edan Lepucki |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hogarth |
| Year published | 2017-05-09 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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