{"product_id":"dear-monica-lewinsky","title":"Dear Monica Lewinsky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA LIT HUB MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A wild, wonderful essential novel' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Lombardo, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Most Fun We Ever Had\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill remind you why you fell in love with reading\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily, \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of Spring 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOutrageously funny novel about hunger, desire, and the vulnerable' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Wilson, author of \u003ci\u003eNothing to See Here\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForty-year-old Jean Dornan cannot escape the summer of 1998, when, as a college student studying abroad in France, she embarked on an inappropriate relationship with her professor. Now, decades later, when that professor contacts her out of the blue with an invitation to his retirement ceremony, Jean's long-standing malaise becomes an emotional crisis. Desperate to understand why this relationship derailed her life so completely, she begins rereading her old diaries and is shocked to realize that her own disastrous affair occurred during the summer of the Lewinsky scandal, yet she never saw the parallels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a frenzy of guilt and regret, Jean finds herself praying to Monica Lewinsky for forgiveness as if she were a secular saint, a figure of both suffering and sympathy. To Jean's shock, Saint Monica appears-powerful, radiant, wise, and witty-and guides Jean like the Ghost of Christmas Past back to the summer of 1998. Had Jean merely been naive and stupid, as she has told herself for so long? Was it sheer weakness that led her into the affair? Or will Jean, with Saint Monica by her side, see past blame to the beauty of her younger self's search for pleasure, connection, and transcendence?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in flashbacks of those sunlit six weeks in France, replete with Saint Monica's flinty, fiery insights and interspersed with retellings of the lives of real historical martyrs, \u003ci\u003eDear Monica Lewinsky\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender, hilarious, and wholly original examination of desire and its costs, of appetite and its denial, and of certain defeat and surprise renewal. It asks what grace and forgiveness might look like both in our own individual lives and as a society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e----------------------------------\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRave reviews for \u003ci\u003eDear Monica Lewinsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eDear Monica Lewinsky \u003c\/i\u003eis a miracle' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaty Hays, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSaltwater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLangbein's prose is a sharp, witty meditation on female longing and male authority' \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wholly original feminist ode' Emily Habeck, author of \u003ci\u003eShark Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--------------------------\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders LOVE \u003ci\u003eDear Monica Lewinsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Nothing short of BRILLIANT' *****\u003cbr\u003e'Sharp, witty, and unputdownable' *****\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Buzz books that's worth the hype' *****\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wishing it would never end' *****\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Propulsive ' *****\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57298386092376,"sku":"9781805467274","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781805467274_633e9e78-90ad-41ed-8f45-f5c3096adbbc.jpg?v=1780454754","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/dear-monica-lewinsky","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}