{"product_id":"falling-angels-paperback","title":"Falling Angels - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTracy Chevalier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eGirl With A Pearl Earring \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAt the Edge of the Orchard, \u003c\/i\u003e Tracy Chevalier once again paints a distant age with a rich and provocative palette of characters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eFalling Angels\u003c\/i\u003e follows the fortunes of two families in the emerging years of the twentieth century in England, while the Queen's death reverberates through a changing nation. Told through a variety of shifting perspectives--wives and husbands, friends and lovers, masters and their servants, and a gravedigger's son--\u003ci\u003eFalling Angels\u003c\/i\u003e is graced with the luminous imagery that distinguished Girl With a Pearl Earring, Falling Angels is another dazzling tour de force from this \"master of voices\" (\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was born and grew up in Washington, DC. After getting a BA in English from Oberlin College (Ohio), I moved to London, England in 1984. I intended to stay 6 months; I'm still here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a kid I'd often said I wanted to be a writer because I loved books and wanted to be associated with them. I wrote the odd story in high school, but it was only in my twenties that I started writing 'real' stories, at night and on weekends. Sometimes I wrote a story in a couple evenings; other times it took me a whole year to complete one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Once I took a night class in creative writing, and a story I'd written for it was published in a London-based magazine called Fiction. I was thrilled, even though the magazine folded 4 months later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI worked as a reference book editor for several years until 1993 when I left my job and did a year-long MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia in Norwich (England). My tutors were the English novelists Malcolm Bradbury and Rose Tremain. For the first time in my life I was expected to write every day, and I found I liked it. I also finally had an idea I considered 'big' enough to fill a novel. I began \u003cb\u003eThe Virgin Blue\u003c\/b\u003e during that year, and continued it once the course was over, juggling writing with freelance editing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An agent is essential to getting published. I found my agent Jonny Geller through dumb luck and good timing. A friend from the MA course had just signed on with him and I sent my manuscript of \u003cb\u003eThe Virgin Blue\u003c\/b\u003e mentioning my friend's name. Jonny was just starting as an agent and needed me as much as I needed him. Since then he's become a highly respected agent in the UK and I've gone along for the ride.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracy Chevalier is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of six previous novels, including \u003ci\u003eGirl with a Pearl Earring\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film. Her latest novel is \u003ci\u003eThe Last Runaway.\u003c\/i\u003e Born and raised in Washington, D.C., she lives in London with her husband and son. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 7.76 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Falling Angels\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.2\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694454640703,"sku":"9780452283206","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f73c259501500ef281b4e74ddd155fbf.webp?v=1765001486","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/falling-angels-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}