{"product_id":"chosen-and-the-beautiful","title":"Chosen and the Beautiful","description":"An Instant National Bestseller!\u003cbr\u003eAn Indie Next Pick!\u003cbr\u003eA B\u0026amp;N Reads April Pick!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Most Anticipated in 2021 Pick for Oprah Magazine | USA Today | Buzzfeed | Greatist | BookPage | PopSugar | Bustle | The Nerd Daily | Goodreads | Literary Hub | Ms. Magazine | Library Journal | Culturess | Book Riot | Parade Magazine | Kirkus | The Week | Book Bub | OverDrive | The Portalist | Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Best of Summer Pick for TIME Magazine | CNN | NBC News | CBS News | Book Riot | The Daily Beast | Lambda Literary | The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Goodreads | Bustle | Veranda Magazine | The Week | Bookish | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Den of Geek | LGBTQ Reads | Pittsburgh City Paper | Bookstr | Tatler HK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Best Fantasy Novel from the Last 10 Years for Book Riot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Best of 2021 Pick for NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A vibrant and queer reinvention of F. Scott Fitzgerald's jazz age classic. . . . I was captivated from the first sentence.”―NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today.\"―Taylor Jenkins Reid on Siren Queen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A sumptuous, decadent read.”―The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vo has crafted a retelling that, in many ways, surpasses the original.”―Kirkus Reviews, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImmigrant. Socialite. Magician.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society―she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She’s also queer and Asian, a Vietnamese adoptee treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNghi Vo’s debut novel, The Chosen and the Beautiful, reinvents this classic of the American canon as a coming-of-age story full of magic, mystery, and glittering excess, and introduces a major new literary voice.","brand":"Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47828704788706,"sku":"MTO-MACMILLAN-2026-05-22-8.10-1528","price":30.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/9898\/5881\/files\/book_27_u5pwFGQz5.jpg?v=1779768109","url":"https:\/\/layitflat.com\/products\/chosen-and-the-beautiful","provider":"Lay it Flat Publishing Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}