{"product_id":"mia","title":"MIA","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\tLeslie Bazzett's fiction debuted in the \n\u003ci\u003e New England Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Subsequent work has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eNER\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eCarolina Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eWest Branch\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Louisville Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places. One of her stories in \n\u003ci\u003eNER \u003c\/i\u003ereceived \"Special Mention\" in the Pushcart Prize Anthology and another was listed as \"Notable\" in \n\u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a finalist for a Rona Jaffe Award and a recipient of the NER Award for Emerging Writers. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, poet Michael Bazzett, and their two children. \n\u003ci\u003eMia \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Bazzett skillfully evokes languid, sun-drenched afternoons in San Miguel that contrast with \"colorless, brutally cold\" Minneapolis winters...A mesmerizing novel infused with a sense of foreboding, \n\u003ci\u003eMia \u003c\/i\u003einvites readers to ponder the costs to authenticity when living in denial of the past\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In measured beats, Bazzett explores the dark side of indulging in fantasies, however benign. It amounts to a singular take on the folie à deux that leaves the reader pondering the nature of obsession and the line between fate and free will.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Bazzett's debut is a beautifully written novel of love, loss, and longing. Peppered with vivid descriptions of small-town Mexico, Bazzett's prose is at once gorgeous and harsh, and her characters jump off the page...\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Leslie Bazzett's \n\u003ci\u003eMia \u003c\/i\u003eis an extraordinary debut novel. Taut, lush, and mysterious, \n\u003ci\u003eMia \u003c\/i\u003eis an exceptionally intelligent psychological thriller in the tradition of Patricia Highsmith. It is also a deft and honest examination of motherhood and marriage. You won't read a better suspense novel this summer.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Nickolas Butler, author of \u003ci\u003eShotgun Lovesongs \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGodspeed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Titled, aptly, after a character who does not exist, Leslie Bazzett's \n\u003ci\u003eMia \u003c\/i\u003eis about the search for a mother, the search for a daughter, the search for a missing-in-action self. Bazzett explores obsession and privilege in this fraught story built around an unsettled past and an unsettling present, in which the constant is the elegance and depth of Bazzett's hypnotic prose. \n\u003ci\u003eMia \u003c\/i\u003eis a beautifully observed psychological thriller that burns slowly then explodes.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Lori Ostlund, author of \u003ci\u003eAre You Happy?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In this extraordinary debut novel, Leslie Bazzett invites us to the expatriate community of San Miguel de Allende, then drops us head first into a personal labyrinth in which a mother walks the fine line between good friendship and borderline obsession. Any woman who has sought a bit of reinvention will find Sally and Louise's relationship is as familiar as it is strange. In a voice reminiscent of Deborah Levy and Rachel Cusk, Bazzett has crafted a slow burn that, in the end, fully ignites and surprises. \n\u003ci\u003eMia\u003c\/i\u003e is a great read.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Katie Crouch, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Embassy Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eMia \u003c\/i\u003eis a sharp, intimate novel -- a warning against the seductions of self-reinvention and the cost of losing one's identity to another. Reading \n\u003ci\u003eMia \u003c\/i\u003efeels like building a house of cards in open air: delicate, luminous, and doomed.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Martha McPhee, author of\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Omega Farm and An Elegant Woman\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \"Intense, immersive, and utterly gripping, \n\u003ci\u003eMia \u003c\/i\u003eis a boldly original thriller that reads like a classic. Centering on a fateful obsession between two women that shakes a young family's seemingly solid foundation, \n\u003ci\u003eMia \u003c\/i\u003eis sure to be a standout of the season--and beyond.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Laura Sims, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Nimbly plotted and flawlessly written, \n\u003ci\u003eMia \u003c\/i\u003eis a chilling story of mothers and daughters both real and imagined. Leslie Bazzett's debut novel is an evocative, suspenseful heir to Patricia Highsmith's best work.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Teddy Wayne, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Au Pair \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Winner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In \n\u003ci\u003eMia\u003c\/i\u003e, a chance connection in Mexico becomes a slow unmaking. Leslie Bazzett slyly traces how intimacy can slide into influence, and influence into disappearance. This is a mesmerizing burn of a novel, in which desire and dependency blur the boundaries of identity.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Hannah Pittard, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Are Too Many and If You Love It, Let It Kill You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA stylish, unsettling work of psychological suspense about an American woman, adrift in Mexico for a year, whose chance encounter with a glamorous older expat spirals into obsession and betrayal.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThere's no one, there's only you.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Sally, an American living in San Miguel de Allende, meets Louise outside her children's school, she's eager to immerse herself more deeply in the life of the city. In Mexico for just a year with her husband, an architect, Sally is entranced by Louise--her elegance, her harshness, her stories about Burroughs, Ginsberg, and Kerouac--and the two quickly become inseparable. Soon enough, Louise has begun calling her Mia \n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand, at first playfully, then in earnest, introducing Sally as her daughter to a growing circle of friends. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns enthralled with the possibility of a new identity in Mexico and troubled by Louise's magnetic hold over her, Sally attempts to keep the relationship a secret from her husband. As the specter of Sally's troubled childhood looms, and Louise's self-mythologizing tightens its grip, the two women test the limits of reinvention--until their fictions threaten the security of Sally's flesh-and-blood family. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA taut, beguiling work of psychological suspense, \n\u003ci\u003eMia \u003c\/i\u003eis a mother-daughter story turned on its head and a high-intensity fable about the limitations of playing a role that doesn't belong to you.\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 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781668227329, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781668227329, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/30\/0001 (EAN 9781668227329, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eBazzett, Leslie\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeslie Bazzett's fiction debuted in the \n\u003ci\u003e New England Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Subsequent work has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eNER\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eCarolina Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eWest Branch\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Louisville Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places. One of her stories in \n\u003ci\u003eNER \u003c\/i\u003ereceived \"Special Mention\" in the Pushcart Prize Anthology and another was listed as \"Notable\" in \n\u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a finalist for a Rona Jaffe Award and a recipient of the NER Award for Emerging Writers. 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