{"product_id":"everybodys-perfect","title":"Everybody's Perfect","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJO WALTON won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for her novel \n\u003ci\u003eAmong Others \u003c\/i\u003eand the Tiptree Award for her novel \n\u003ci\u003eMy Real Children\u003c\/i\u003e. Before that, she won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and her novel \n\u003ci\u003eTooth and Claw\u003c\/i\u003e won the World Fantasy Award. The novels of her Small Change sequence-- \n\u003ci\u003eFarthing, Ha'penny\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eHalf a Crown\u003c\/i\u003e--have won acclaim ranging from national newspapers to the \n\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e Critics' Choice Award. A native of Wales, she lives in Montreal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eEverybody's Perfect: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Enchanting and immersive. Every Jo Walton book takes you somewhere new and wondrous. I loved \n\u003ci\u003e Everybody's Perfect.\"\u003c\/i\u003e-- Rainbow Rowell, No. 1 \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Simon Snow trilogy. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I am in awe of this book. Jo Walton is a writer's writer. I couldn't stop turning pages, marveling at the unexpected, vastly rewarding twists and turns of her misty Serenissima with its rogues and beggars, seers and sailors, and genders of all description. Whatever she invites us along on, we find ourselves wiser than when we began, with more insight into our own world through the one she's crafted for us.\" - Ellen Kushner, author of \n\u003ci\u003eSwordspoint\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\n\u003ci\u003eEverybody's Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully graceful fantasy that floats through the enchanted canals of a Platonic Venice in which time, physical reality, and narrative move in mysterious ways. It's not quite like anything I've seen before and I loved it.\" - Delia Sherman \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An intimate fantasy, filled with ordinary people living everyday lives in an extraordinary place, and it drew me in immediately. It's a story where the happy ending depends on the ability of the people in the story to believe in its possibility, which feels weirdly relevant even though it's about communities of otherworldly aliens living in a fantasy Venice.\" - Naomi Kritzer \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ambitious... personal and affecting. This fascinates.\" - \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Readers who loved the mixing of worlds in Marie Brennan's \n\u003ci\u003eDriftwood\u003c\/i\u003e or the world-crossing time-travel of Charlie Stross's \"Merchant Princes\" series will enjoy Walton's latest novel, as will anyone who has ever been caught up in the magic of the Carnival of Venice.\" - \n\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A satisfying narrative experience with a hopeful depiction of the cycles of history.\" - \n\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"Everybody's Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e is a love letter to a strange city and all its contradictions. It's a meditative celebration of how we create history together, whether or not we know we're doing it, and of survival through and beyond times of plague. I adore this promise that history never ends, and that everyone who's ever contributed to a better future has been as flawed and frustrated as we are.\" - Ruthanna Emrys \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As gentle as the mists around Serenissima, and sometimes as stealthy, \n\u003ci\u003eEverybody's Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e shifts the masks of Venice's Carnival sideways into a deeper fantastical reflection on what we owe each other. Filled with compassion and invention, this is Walton at her strongest.\" - Marissa Lingen \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Jo Walton: \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Funny, acute, and impassioned.\"--Ursula K. Le Guin on \n\u003ci\u003eAmong Others\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"Or What You Will\u003c\/i\u003e is a Jo Walton book. Which is to say--it's a joy and a revelation, and I never wanted it to end.\" --Rainbow Rowell \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rendered with Walton's usual power and beauty...It's this haunting character complexity that ultimately holds the reader captive to the tale.\"--N. K. Jemisin, \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e on \n\u003ci\u003eMy Real Children\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A deeply poignant, richly imagined book...What most novels do only once, \n\u003ci\u003eMy Real Children\u003c\/i\u003e does twice.\"--Lev Grossman, \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Walton shines, as she always does, in the small and hurtful and glorious business of interpersonal relationships. \n\u003ci\u003e..\u003c\/i\u003ethis book about philosophy, history, gender and freedom also manages to be a spectacular coming-of-age tale that encompasses everything from courtroom dramas to sexual intrigue.\" --Cory Doctorow on \n\u003ci\u003eThe Just City\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A remarkable novel of ideas...Superb. In the end, the novel does more than justice to the idea of the Just City.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e, on \n\u003ci\u003eThe Just City\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/06\/2026 (EAN 9781250314055, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 pg. 108 (EAN 9781250314055, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781250314055, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eWalton, Jo\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJO WALTON won the Best Novel Hugo and Nebula Awards for \n\u003ci\u003eAmong Others\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and the World Fantasy Award for \n\u003ci\u003eTooth and Claw\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). She is the only writer other than Ursula K. Le Guin to win Best Novel in all three awards. Aside from her many other acclaimed novels, she has written extensively about SF and fantasy for Tor.com and other venues for over two decades. She lives in Montreal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496152105238,"sku":"9781250314055","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781250314055.jpg?v=1783054155","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/everybodys-perfect","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}