{"product_id":"fonseca-9780593298855","title":"Fonseca","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jessica Francis Kane\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - 20th Century - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Kane's remarkable excavation of this interlude, including real letters from Valpy, drips with juicy conflict and detail.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fable with heart and a searching investigation into what makes a marriage endure.\" --\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A marvel of sharp concision.\" \u003ci\u003e--Wall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A daring book...fresh and beautiful.\" \u003ci\u003e--Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice - Named a Must-Read Book for Summer by the \u003ci\u003eLA Times, \u003c\/i\u003ea Most-Anticipated Book of 2025 by \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and a best book of August by \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTown and Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003eTitle to Watch \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story acclaimed English author Penelope Fitzgerald never wrote, of her real-life journey to Mexico with her son in search of a much-needed inheritance, by Jessica Francis Kane, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRules for Visiting\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinter 1952. Penelope Fitzgerald's husband is a struggling alcoholic, their literary journal is on the brink, and she is pregnant with their third child. When she receives a letter from two elderly sisters named Delaney, distant relations with a silver mine, who dangle the possibility of an inheritance, she recognizes it as a creative and practical lifeline. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJessica Francis Kane's brilliantly imagined \u003ci\u003eFonseca\u003c\/i\u003e fictionalizes Penelope's real and momentous trip to northern Mexico in pursuit of this legacy. She leaves her two-year-old, Tina, with relatives and sails for New York with her six-year-old, Valpy, in tow. From there, mother and son take a bus all the way to . . . Fonseca. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when they arrive, nothing goes to plan. There are others vying for the Delaney money, and for three months, from Day of the Dead to Candlemas, Penelope must navigate a quixotic household and guide her impressionable son. More and more people frequent the house: an ambitious American couple, various local entrepreneurs and artists (including Edward Hopper and his wife, Jo), and finally a handsome stranger who claims he is a Delaney. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith heart, humor, and a deep understanding of her subject that has characterized the range of her work her whole career, Kane (whose work \"could have been written by Jane Austen's great great-great-granddaughter\" --\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e) has written much more than an homage: \u003ci\u003eFonseca \u003c\/i\u003eis an enthralling world of its own as well as a stunning fictionalization of a season in Fitzgerald's life.","brand":"Penguin Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46289161093271,"sku":"9780593298855","price":1920.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780593298855.webp?v=1769302522","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/fonseca-9780593298855","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}