{"product_id":"fonseca-von-jessica-francis-kane","title":"Fonseca","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Named a Most-Anticipated Book of 2025 by \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e* \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003eTitle to Watch*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story acclaimed English author Penelope Fitzgerald never wrote, of her real-life journey to Mexico with her son in search of a much-needed inheritance, by Jessica Francis Kane, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRules for Visiting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinter 1952. Penelope Fitzgerald’s husband is a struggling alcoholic, their literary journal is on the brink, and she is pregnant with their third child. When she receives a letter from two elderly sisters named Delaney, distant relations with a silver mine, who dangle the possibility of an inheritance, she recognizes it as a creative and practical lifeline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJessica Francis Kane’s brilliantly imagined \u003ci\u003eFonseca\u003c\/i\u003e fictionalizes Penelope’s real and momentous trip to northern Mexico in pursuit of this legacy. She leaves her two-year-old, Tina, with relatives and sails for New York with her six-year-old, Valpy, in tow. From there, mother and son take a bus all the way to . . . Fonseca.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when they arrive, nothing goes to plan. There are others vying for the Delaney money, and for three months, from Day of the Dead to Candlemas, Penelope must navigate a quixotic household and guide her impressionable son. More and more people frequent the house: an ambitious American couple, various local entrepreneurs and artists (including Edward Hopper and his wife, Jo), and finally a handsome stranger who claims he is a Delaney.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith heart, humor, and a deep understanding of her subject that has characterized the range of her work her whole career, Kane (whose work “could have been written by Jane Austen’s great great-great-granddaughter” —\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e) has written much more than an homage: \u003ci\u003eFonseca \u003c\/i\u003eis an enthralling world of its own as well as a stunning fictionalization of a season in Fitzgerald’s life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780593298855\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA Novel\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9780593298855","offer_id":57362534302021,"sku":"9780593298855","price":31.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/5e229b41-bbdf-41fd-935f-d11c2d475432.jpg?v=1777349029","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/fonseca-von-jessica-francis-kane","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}