{"product_id":"fonseca","title":"Fonseca","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Top 10 Historical Fiction Book of 2025 by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e Biblioracle\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Historical Fiction Book and Best Audio Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eBookpage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Kane's remarkable excavation of this interlude, including real letters from Valpy, drips with juicy conflict and detail.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fable with heart and a searching investigation into what makes a marriage endure.\" --\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A marvel of sharp concision.\" \u003ci\u003e--Wall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A daring book...fresh and beautiful.\" \u003ci\u003e--Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story acclaimed English author Penelope Fitzgerald never wrote, of her real-life journey to Mexico with her son in search of a much-needed inheritance, by Jessica Francis Kane, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRules for Visiting\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinter 1952. Penelope Fitzgerald's husband is a struggling alcoholic, their literary journal is on the brink, and she is pregnant with their third child. When she receives a letter from two elderly sisters named Delaney, distant relations with a silver mine, who dangle the possibility of an inheritance, she recognizes it as a creative and practical lifeline. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJessica Francis Kane's brilliantly imagined \u003ci\u003eFonseca\u003c\/i\u003e fictionalizes Penelope's real and momentous trip to northern Mexico in pursuit of this legacy. She leaves her two-year-old, Tina, with relatives and sails for New York with her six-year-old, Valpy, in tow. From there, mother and son take a bus all the way to . . . Fonseca. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when they arrive, nothing goes to plan. There are others vying for the Delaney money, and for three months, from Day of the Dead to Candlemas, Penelope must navigate a quixotic household and guide her impressionable son. More and more people frequent the house: an ambitious American couple, various local entrepreneurs and artists (including Edward Hopper and his wife, Jo), and finally a handsome stranger who claims he is a Delaney. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith heart, humor, and a deep understanding of her subject that has characterized the range of her work her whole career, Kane (whose work \"could have been written by Jane Austen's great great-great-granddaughter\" --\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e) has written much more than an homage: \u003ci\u003eFonseca \u003c\/i\u003eis an enthralling world of its own as well as a stunning fictionalization of a season in Fitzgerald's life.","brand":"Jessica Francis Kane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53206882910421,"sku":"BS-I6J-298855","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/7170\/2485\/files\/9780593298855-HD.jpg?v=1771178127","url":"https:\/\/www.acornbookshop.com\/products\/fonseca","provider":"Acorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}