{"product_id":"9781250457233","title":"Venus, Vanishing","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ONLY AND WILL BE RELEASED ON 27 OCTOBER 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePortrait of a Lady on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emeets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Safekeep\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ein this gripping debut that reckons with art forgery, desire, suspicion, and resistance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn raucous 1928 Berlin, Hannah Sherman has deviated from the traditional narrative arc of a woman's life. After rejecting an arranged marriage, she leaves home to join the city's underground art scene, reveling in its clubs and galleries with newfound friends and lovers. Working as a tailor while studying art in every spare moment, Hannah comes to know women and their bodies, first with measuring tape and silk, and later through sensuous layers of paint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHannah feels like she can finally call herself an artist when a wealthy female art collector commissions her to make an elaborate series of nude portraits. But after Hannah finishes the acclaimed Venus paintings, she discovers that her work is being tampered with and exhibited under a man's name. When lines between artist and muse are crossed in an intoxicating but perilous affair, Hannah transforms her art into an act of revenge, finding herself caught up in a devastating game of survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLaced with queer desire and life-threatening secrets, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVenus, Vanishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e pulses with hedonism and danger as history comes to Hannah's door, offering a textured and sweeping counter-narrative of Jewish survival, creativity, and resistance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Birrell, Rebecca","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48156557050110,"sku":"9781250457233","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/1532\/4335\/files\/Venus_Vanishing.png?v=1778552043","url":"https:\/\/wanderingraccoonbooks.com\/products\/9781250457233","provider":"Wandering Raccoon Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}