{"product_id":"trust-exercise","title":"Trust Exercise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Electrifying\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e \"Masterly\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e \"Dramatic and memorable\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e \"Magic\" (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIngenious\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e \"A gonzo literary performance\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e \"Rare and splendid\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e \"Remarkable\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003e\"Delicious\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e \"Book groups, meet your next selection\" (NPR)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn an American suburb in the early 1980s, students at a highly competitive performing arts high school struggle and thrive in a rarified bubble, ambitiously pursuing music, movement, Shakespeare, and, particularly, their acting classes. When within this striving \"Brotherhood of the Arts,\" two freshmen, David and Sarah, fall headlong into love, their passion does not go unnoticed--or untoyed with--by anyone, especially not by their charismatic acting teacher, Mr. Kingsley. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe outside world of family life and economic status, of academic pressure and of their future adult lives, fails to penetrate this school's walls--until it does, in a shocking spiral of events that catapults the action forward in time and flips the premise upside-down. What the reader believes to have happened to David and Sarah and their friends is not entirely true--though it's not false, either. It takes until the book's stunning coda for the final piece of the puzzle to fall into place--revealing truths that will resonate long after the final sentence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs captivating and tender as it is surprising, Susan Choi's \u003ci\u003eTrust Exercise\u003c\/i\u003e will incite heated conversations about fiction and truth, and about friendships and loyalties, and will leave readers with wiser understandings of the true capacities of adolescents and of the powers and responsibilities of adults.","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661262717218,"sku":"9781250231260","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/8637\/3154\/files\/imageloader_301380d1-43f4-4b24-b7bc-a95c3871a90a.jpg?v=1779452705","url":"https:\/\/godmothers.com\/products\/trust-exercise","provider":"Godmothers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}