{"product_id":"fonseca","title":"Fonseca","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Must-Read Book for Summer by the \u003ci\u003eLA Times \u003c\/i\u003eand a Most-Anticipated Book of 2025 by \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003eTitle to Watch \u003c\/b\u003e\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":"Jessica Francis Kane","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46590290198764,"sku":"9780593298855","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780593298855.jpg?v=1750890861","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/fonseca","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}