{"product_id":"lying-low-isbn-9780452279452","title":"Lying Low","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A nearly flawless performance—a beautifully constructed, elegantly written book, delicate in its perceptions, powerful in its impact.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe riveting story of four crucial days in the lives of four people sharing a rambling Victorian house, \"lying low\" and harboring secrets not meant to be shared\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheo Wait, a middle-aged former ballet dancer, and her brother, Anton, have taken in two boarders: beautiful Lynn, who never receives mail or visitors; and energetic and effusive Ouida, a Brazilian student and illegal alien who won't let complicated bureaucratic wrangles and constant fear of deportation taint her vision of America as the land of opportunity.\u003cp\u003eA faked identity, a search for one of the FBI's most wanted escaped prison convicts, and a Brazilian feast that spins out of control kick the plot into high gear. While each of these characters has been plagued by a sense of impending disaster, the terrible thing they've all been fearing comes from an entirely unexpected direction, shattering all of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e“A nearly flawless performance—a beautifully constructed, elegantly written book, delicate in its perceptions, powerful in its impact.”—\u003cb\u003eRobert Towers, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Clever and deftly observant.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “In the California college town of Orris stands a rooming house owned by ballet teacher Theodora Wait, 60, and her brother Anton, a famous nature photographer. In summer residence are only two boarders, Ouida, a sweet-natured Brazilian member of the ‘World Messianity’ movement, and a quiet, private girl known to the others solely as ‘Lynn.’ Actually her name is Marybeth Howe, and she's an FBI fugitive, having killed a scientist in a laboratory bombing six years before. Orris is a perfect refuge; Johnson's eye for mendicant\/hip\/political manifestations makes this a piece of fine California reportage… A chamber novel, basically a quartet for four intelligences… the satisfactions—for the head especially—are substantial.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiane Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eLe Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award finalist, as well as many other novels, including \u003ci\u003ePersian Nights, Health and Happiness, Lying Low, The Shadow Knows\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBurning\u003c\/i\u003e. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003ePersian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, and she co-authored the screenplay to \u003ci\u003eThe Shining \u003c\/i\u003ewith Stanley Kubrick. She divides her time between San Francisco and Paris.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300138209509,"sku":"NP9780452279452","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452279452.jpg?v=1767731996","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/lying-low-isbn-9780452279452","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}