{"product_id":"the-au-pair","title":"The Au Pair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT and NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE READING THIS SUMMER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nervewrackingly fun.\"--Vogue, Best Books of the Year So Far\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLit Hub, \u003c\/i\u003eand Zibby Books most-anticipated\/summer books pick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning author Teddy Wayne follows his breakout sensation \u003ci\u003eThe Winner\u003c\/i\u003e--a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Top Ten Thriller of the Year--with another seductively twisty page-turner about the explosive impact of a beautiful Norwegian au pair on a celebrated novelist and his wife.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Hammer was once a literary star. Now, his career is floundering, his marriage to a high-powered woman is crumbling, and the only bright spot in his life is Astrid, the Norwegian au pair who cares for their children--and reveres his neglected novels. But what begins as a secret infatuation soon spirals into a scandal that makes them both infamous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a headline-grabbing trial captivates the world with a salacious story of sex, power, and betrayal, Steven must confront the wreckage he's created--and the deeper insecurities that fueled it. Is Astrid an innocent young woman caught up in a case beyond her control, or a calculating femme fatale? And how far will he go, driven by desperation and obsession, for her professed love?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith inexorable momentum and sly, lucid prose, Teddy Wayne's \u003ci\u003eThe Au Pair\u003c\/i\u003e is a sleek literary thriller about desire, deception, and the unraveling of a man as he grapples with his fading relevance--when the lies others spin pale beside the fictions we tell ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48515425698041,"sku":"9780063457232","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_696b01e4-ddc5-4260-895a-13535e58a026.jpg?v=1781207749","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/the-au-pair","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}