The deceptions
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Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, 2022.
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Published
Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, 2022.
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Book
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289 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English

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"A middle-aged poet finds herself adrift in her marriage and life now that her child has moved away to college. Her job teaching Greek myth to high school boys at a prestigious New York City academy has its small pleasures-her students offer surprising insights to stories she's studied for decades-but as her debut poetry collection approaches publication she starts to notice the seams of her life becoming unloosed. The chorus of voices in her life -- a mysterious neighbor in a potentially dangerous situation, a visiting poet at the academy struggling with writer's block, the word-starved dialogue with her distant husband --start to become overwhelming. She finds solace only at the Met, its history and sculptures beckon as a comfort and a warning for what happens to people who love wrongly, who love ambitions. The collapse of her life reaches a fever pitch just as betrayals are revealed all around her, and she must confront the realities of her life or be lost to its mythology forever. Suffused with the motifs of classic Greek mythology, especially the story of Leda and the Swan, THE DECEPTIONS is a seductively told, deeply moving exploration of female sexuality and ambition and a celebration of beauty and the invisible yet powerful ties that bind together a marriage, a life, work of art and its beholder"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Bialosky, J. (2022). The deceptions (First Counterpoint edition.). Counterpoint.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Bialosky, Jill. 2022. The Deceptions. Counterpoint.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Bialosky, Jill. The Deceptions Counterpoint, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Bialosky, Jill. The Deceptions First Counterpoint edition., Counterpoint, 2022.

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