{"product_id":"you-or-someone-like-you-isbn-9780061715655","title":"You or Someone Like You","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"\u003e“Chandler Burr’s challenging first novel is many things: a glimpse into Hollywood culture, an argument about religious identity, a plea for the necessity of literature. This is a roman that needs no clefs.” —\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"\u003eNew York \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"\u003eMagazine\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ecalls \u003cem\u003eYou or Someone Like You, \u003c\/em\u003e“The highbrow humanist name-dropping book of the summer.” The remarkable first novel by Chandler Burr, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e scent critic and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Perfect Scent, \u003c\/em\u003eis funny, smart, and provocative—an extraordinarily ambitious work of fiction that succeeds on many different levels. It is a book David Ebershoff, (author\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eof \u003cem\u003eThe 19th Wife\u003c\/em\u003e) enthusiastically recommends “for anyone who defiantly clings to the belief that a book can change our lives.”\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eAnne Rosenbaum leads a life of quiet Los Angeles privilege, the wife of Hollywood executive Howard Rosenbaum and mother of their seventeen-year-old son, Sam. Years ago Anne and Howard met studying litera-ture at Columbia—she, the daughter of a British diplo-mat from London, he a boy from an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. Now on sleek blue California evenings, Anne attends halogen-lit movie premieres on the arm of her powerful husband. But her private life is lived in the world of her garden, reading books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen one of Howard's friends, the head of a studio, asks Anne to make a reading list, she casually agrees—though, as a director reminds her, \"no one reads in Hollywood.\" To her surprise, they begin calling: screen-writers; producers, from their bungalows; and agents, from their plush offices on Wilshire and Beverly. Soon Anne finds herself leading an exclusive book club for the industry elite. Emerging gradually from her seclu-sion, she guides her readers into the ideas and beauties of Donne, Yeats, Auden, and Mamet, with her brilliant and increasingly bold opinions. But when a crisis of identity unexpectedly turns an anguished Howard back toward the Orthodoxy he left behind as a young man, Anne must set out to save what she values above all else: her husband's love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once fiercely intelligent and emotionally grip-ping, \u003cem\u003eYou or Someone Like You\u003c\/em\u003e confronts the fault lines between inherited faith and personal creed, and, through the surprising transformation of one exceptional, unfor-gettable woman, illuminates literature's power to change our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“An ambitious debut novel...suggests the literary scope of Harold Bloom and the thematic concerns of Bernard Malamud...Mr. Burr may be the scent critic for the New York Times, but the ideas he tackles in his novel are hardly airy confections...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“...This new novel questioning the merits of religion comes as a bit of a surprise from The New York Times’ perfume critic...but Burr has proved to be much more than a hack with a good sense of smell...Chandler Burr: Renaissance man. Who knew?” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“You or Someone Like You finds trend-loving Hollywood in a bookish trance and a certain studio exec’s wife as literary guru du jour....Burr’s tale touches on marital strife, prejudice, and identity struggles with intoxicating realism.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlavorpill.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Burr luxuriates in word play...You or Someone Like You is loaded with smart and sassy insights about writers and writing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In his first, well-crafted and thoroughly enjoyable novel, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e scent critic Chandler Burr presents a sweeping spectrum, set in Hollywood, of contemporary religious and social issues. . . . It is well worth the read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJewish Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Provocative...weighs in on the issue of identity politics and also makes a powerful case for why great books are a great danger to small minds.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR's Fresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Burr’s] field work serves the novel well, with depictions of Los Angeles culture that feel spot-on...It’s a genuine thrill to read what people like Albert Brooks, to give just one of many examples, might think of Jude the Obscure...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The highbrow humanist name-dropping book of the summer.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eYou Or Someone Like You\u003c\/i\u003e is a pitch-perfect, often very funny novel about why, in this crazy world, we still bother to read.  It’s for anyone who defiantly clings to the belief that a book can change our lives.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Ebershoff, author of The 19th Wife and The Danish Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A savvy novel that deals with Hollywood from a cultural rather than a tabloid perspective.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A true celebration of intellect . . . examines the personal decision each of us must make to run from, or embrace, our identity.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chandler Burr’s challenging first novel is many things: a glimpse into Hollywood culture, an argument about religious identity, a plea for the necessity of literature. This is a roman that needs no clefs, and it’s generally an interesting mash-up.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A must-read for any book group serious enough to spend more time discussing the book at hand, rather than discussing what wine to serve during the meeting. . . . Smart . . . a very tough reflection on the idea of  ‘group-ness’ itself—who’s in and who’s out; who’s considered a full person and who’s not. \u003ci\u003eYou or Someone Like You\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to stir up controversy because it doesn’t just stick to the safe pieties. . . .  Chandler Burr’s provocative new novel weighs in on the issue of identity politics and also makes a powerful case for why great books are a great danger to small minds.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR's Fresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Smart, literate, and humane . . . an entertaining tour through the culture of the moment with an original investigation into the timeless themes of great literature and the painful, private fault lines of deep marital love. 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