{"product_id":"discipline-9780593979648","title":"Discipline","description":"\u003cb\u003eA taut, electrifying debut about a woman forced to confront unsettling truths about herself, her past, and the life she rebuilt following a ruinous affair with her former mentor, from a \"lit world phenom\" (\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An exhilarating, exquisite book, full of an eerie intelligence and startling compassion . . . a pitch-perfect novel.\"--Ayșegül Savaș, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropologists\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE SEASON: \u003ci\u003eBustle, Debutiful, Harper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI have the sense that something is being drawn between us. Not drawn as in line but as in arrow pulled back. Yet I don't know which of us holds the bow, and which of us faces the arrow.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristine is on tour for her novel, a revenge fantasy based on a real-life relationship gone bad with an older professor ten years prior. Now on the road, she's seeking answers--about how to live a good life and what it means to make art--through intimate conversations with strangers, past lovers, and friends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when the antagonist of her novel--her old painting professor--reaches out in a series of sly communiques after years of silence to tell her that he's read her book, Christine must reckon with what it means to lose the reins of a narrative she wrote precisely to maintain control. When her professor invites her to join him at his house, on a remote island off the coast of Maine, their encounter threatens to change the very foundations of her life as she's imagined it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA pristine and provocative high-wire act toggling the fictions we construct for ourselves just to survive and the possibilities that lie beyond them, \u003ci\u003eDiscipline\u003c\/i\u003e launches a spellbinding inquiry into the nature of art-making and rigor, intimacy and attention, punishment and release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larissa Pham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.8lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593979648","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45155986768009,"sku":"9780593979648","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_5cc87c39-7057-4d63-a1e4-fb18c7b0d0c4.jpg?v=1768293802","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/discipline-9780593979648","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}