{"product_id":"my-heart-hemmed-in","title":"My Heart Hemmed in","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Marie NDiaye is a master of creating menacing, off-kilter worlds that speak to the truth of human experience.\"--Ayşegül Savaş, author of \u003ci\u003eWhite on White\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is something very wrong with Nadia and her husband Ange, middle-aged provincial schoolteachers who slowly realize that they are despised by everyone around them. One day a savage wound appears in Ange's stomach, and as Nadia fights to save her husband's life their hideous neighbor Noget--a man everyone insists is a famous author--inexplicably imposes his care upon them. While Noget fattens them with ever richer foods, Nadia embarks on a nightmarish visit to her ex-husband and estranged son--is she abandoning Ange or revisiting old grievances in an attempt to save him? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConjuring an atmosphere of paranoia and menace, \u003ci\u003eMy Heart Hemmed In\u003c\/i\u003e creates a bizarre, foggy world where strange coincidences, harsh cruelty, and constantly shifting relationships all seem part of some shadowy truth. Surreal, allegorical, and psychologically acute, \u003ci\u003eMy Heart Hemmed In\u003c\/i\u003e shows a masterful author giving her readers her most complex and compelling world yet.","brand":"Two Lines Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46786644574444,"sku":"9781931883627","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/2987\/3644\/files\/imageloader_e75e036c-eecf-4edc-94a5-53e006f53f3c.jpg?v=1756891518","url":"https:\/\/www.gladysbooksandwine.com\/products\/my-heart-hemmed-in","provider":"Gladys Books \u0026 Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}