{"product_id":"was-she-pretty-paperback-by-leanne-shapton","title":"Was She Pretty? Paperback by Leanne Shapton","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eDrawn and Quarterly\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2016-02-02)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e208\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781770462274\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e447.93\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.9 x 14.02 x 1.8\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dreamy exploration of relationships and jealousy . . . pithy and deadpan . . . It's no self-help book.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat's left when a relationship ends? Where does jealousy come from? Delicately and sensitively, Leanne Shapton (\u003ci\u003eSwimming Studies\u003c\/i\u003e) ruminates on ex-lovers, and our lovers' ex-lovers. A few expressive pencil lines outline a long-abandoned winter coat here, an ineffably alluring Mona Lisa smile there. Each double page describes the way all exes are captured: as impossible to live up to as a Polaroid taken at a flattering angle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new paperback edition of \u003ci\u003eWas She Pretty? \u003c\/i\u003ebrings the reader deep into a circle of phantoms: its intimate liaisons, embarrassing secrets, and sardonic anecdotes. Shapton introduces the obsessives and the dilettantes, the poets and the actresses, the people with great hair and the people with idiosyncratic clothes. As funny as it is insightful, \u003ci\u003eWas She Pretty? \u003c\/i\u003espeaks to a central human concern: How do we compare? Elegantly drawn and perfectly narrated, the pages of \u003ci\u003eWas She Pretty? \u003c\/i\u003eare a testimonial to the power of observation and misapprehension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eLeanne Shapton is an author, artist, illustrator and publisher based in New York City. She is currently the art editor at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the co-founder, with photographer Jason Fulford, of J\u0026amp;L Books. Shapton is a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. She grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Shapton is the author of nine books: \u003ci\u003eToronto\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWas She Pretty?\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eImportant Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIncluding Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNative Trees of Canada\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Sunday Night Movies\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSwimming Studies\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGuest Book: Ghost Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIn Cars and  Toys Talking, a children’s book\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSwimming Studies\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2012 National Book Critic’s Circle Award for autobiography, and was long listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46959904719009,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781770462274","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781770462274.jpg?v=1788336417","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/was-she-pretty-paperback-by-leanne-shapton","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}