{"product_id":"friends-of-the-museum-paperback","title":"Friends of the Museum - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeather McGowan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCoworkers at a legendary but troubled New York City museum struggle with issues large and small over the course of one extraordinary day in this whip-smart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enovel that is \"satirical and incisive...like nothing you've ready before\" (\u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Diane Schwebe, the director of a major New York museum, is awakened in the early morning by a text message from the museum's lawyer, it is the start of a twenty-four-hour roller-coaster ride. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Diane has sacrificed many things in her life to help the fading institution stave off irrelevance and financial ruin. In this battle, she's surrounded by her stalwart supporters: her enigmatic and tireless personal assistant; the museum's trusty head of security; and its general counsel--a man whose ability to weasel his way out of a jam is matched only by his capacity to avoid learning anything from the experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Orbiting Diane is a motley assortment of museum employees, each on the precipice of collapse or revelation: among them a line cook staring down a huge opportunity he's not sure he wants; a costume curator stuck in an inescapable rut; and the ambivalent curator of the museum's film program, whose first day on the job might very well be his last. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On this day of the museum's annual gala, every plate that Diane has kept spinning will fall and by daybreak, someone will be dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wise, surprising, and darkly funny, \u003ci\u003eFriends of the Museum\u003c\/i\u003e is a kaleidoscopic \"marvel\" (Mona Awad, author of \u003ci\u003eBunny\u003c\/i\u003e) that surges along to the unstoppable tick of the clock, leaving you on the edge of your seat until the final second.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeather McGowan is the author of \u003ci\u003eFriends of the Museum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSchooling\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDuchess of Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSchooling\u003c\/i\u003e was named a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eHartford\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCourant\u003c\/i\u003e. McGowan received an MFA from Brown University and has been awarded the Rome Prize in Literature and the Berlin Prize Fellowship for Fiction at the American Academy in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.24 x 8.25 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52087580295469,"sku":"9781668031285","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/friends-of-the-museum-paperback-1499280.webp?v=1780163416","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/friends-of-the-museum-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}