{"product_id":"9780593852347","title":"Audition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. A mesmerizing Mobius strip of a novel that asks who we are to the people we love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She’s an elegant and accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He’s attractive, troubling, and young—young enough to be her son. Who is he to her – and who is she to him? In this compulsively readable, brilliantly constructed novel, two competing narratives unspool, rewriting our understanding of the roles we play every day – partner, parent, creator, muse – and the truths every performance masks, especially from those who think they know us best.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaut, hypnotic, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAudition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Katie Kitamura at her virtuosic best.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katie Kitamura","offers":[{"title":"Paperback | 2026-04-07","offer_id":47338578510079,"sku":"9780593852347","price":26.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/9780593852347.jpg?v=1765382884","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780593852347","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}