{"product_id":"9780312655327","title":"Aesop's Mirror : A Love Story","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAesop's Mirror\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Maryalice Huggins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFalling in love at first sight with a mirror in a Rhode Island auction, Maryalice Huggins sets out to discover its history and learns that it was likely passed down through generations of the illustrious Brown family. Certain of the mirror's prestige, she goes up against the leading lights of the fascinating high-end antiques world and discovers that the value of a beautiful object and its market value are not the same thing at all. As Huggins concludes her \"delightful\" (Jacki Lyden, NPR) quest of sleuthing, research, and obsession, she learns the true meaning of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Maryalice Huggins has mirror fever, and her quest to understand one special antique mirror makes great reading--part history, part love story, and an altogether fascinating look at the secretive, seductive world of rare things.” —\u003ci\u003eSusan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mixing antiquarian know-how with narrative suspense, Maryalice Huggins has somehow transformed an obsession with an antique mirror into an erudite nail-biter.” —\u003ci\u003eBilly Collins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I was mesmerized--not just by the history behind this story, but also by the passion that drove Huggins to delve into the past, and into herself, to figure out why we love what we love, and why finally understanding our passions is always bittersweet.” —\u003ci\u003eSara Nelson, author of So Many Books, So Little Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A rollicking read.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Providence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Huggins's passion for objects and history is contagious . . . [\u003ci\u003eAesop's Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e is] a short, suspense-filled whodunit, and you will know every name in it!” —\u003ci\u003eMaine Antique Digest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A knowledgeable frolic through the high-end world of the buying and selling of early American decorative arts . . . So-called experts are deliciously proved fallible in this informative, creative exegesis on how antiques attain their value.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This entry will appeal most to readers interested in the world of antiques, who are sure to admire Huggins's tenacity in a notoriously male-dominated line of work.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A surprisingly complex story of American beginnings . . . In an age in which art's bottom line is generally thought to be \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e bottom line, the book attests to the true reasons we cherish rare objects that have come down to us from the past: the way they elicit our desire to possess their beauty and their mystery.” —\u003ci\u003eBenjamin Moser, Harper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It's ‘Art Roadshow' meets detective novel.” —\u003ci\u003eBetter Homes and Gardens, a \"Good Read\" selection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312655327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40621738262734,"sku":"9780312655327","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_d427775d-9440-4e1d-a62d-59245b520bd4.jpg?v=1638495453","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312655327","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}