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Paint It Black

Name: Paint It Black
Brand: Back Bay Books
SKU: 9780316067140
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Contributors:

Janet Fitch

Publisher:

Back Bay Books

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Fiction

Book Subcategory:

Psychological, Thrillers

Book Topic:

Psychological

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Release Date:

2007-10-03

ISBN 13:

9780316067140

Weight:

0.85 lbs

Size:

8.20 x 5.40 x 1.30 inches

Pages:

448

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Paint It Black by Janet Fitch

Janet Fitch's spellbinding second novel follows Josie Tyrell, an art model and runaway navigating LA's 1980s rock scene, as she discovers a chance at real love with Michael Faraday, a Harvard dropout and son of renowned pianist Meredith Faraday. When a call from the coroner shatters her world, asking her to identify Michael's body, Josie's bright dreams collapse into darkness.

Struggling to understand Michael's death and preserve the world they shared, Josie finds herself drawn into a twisted relationship with Meredith, his pianist mother who holds Josie responsible for her son's torment. The two women circle each other in a dance of distrust and desperate need, bound by their shared loss and conflicting memories of the man they both loved.

A Psychological Portrait of Grief and Obsession

Fitch weaves a tale of love, betrayal, and the possibility of transcendence with the luxurious prose and fever pitch intensity that made White Oleander a #1 bestseller. Her vivid portrayal of LA's punk rock underground captures the abrasive appeal of the music, the bohemian lifestyle, and the alienation that defined the era.

The novel explores the psychological depths of grief as Josie navigates her devastation while being pulled into Meredith's orbit. Their complex mother-figure relationship becomes a battleground for memory, guilt, and the question of who truly knew Michael.

Critical Acclaim

The Los Angeles Times Book Review called it "a dark, crooked beauty that fulfills all the promise of White Oleander and confirms that Janet Fitch is an artist of the very highest order." Publishers Weekly praised Fitch's prose for penetrating "the inner lives of [her characters] with immediacy and bite," while Elle deemed it "an uncommonly accomplished page-turner."

USA Today noted that "Fitch wonderfully captures the abrasive appeal of punk music, the bohemian, sometimes squalid lifestyle, the performers, the drugs, the alienation. This is crackling fresh stuff you don't read every day."

About the Author

Janet Fitch's first novel, White Oleander, became a #1 bestseller and Oprah's Book Club selection, translated into twenty-eight languages and adapted into a feature film. Paint It Black hit bestseller lists nationwide and was also adapted for film. Her later works include The Revolution of Marina M. and Chimes of a Lost Cathedral, an epic journey through the Russian Revolution. Fitch lives with her husband in Los Angeles.

This paperback edition from Back Bay Books delivers Fitch's signature emotional honesty and strychnine sentences in a character-driven narrative that examines dysfunctional family dynamics, the psychology of grief, and the transformative power of loss.

About the Author
Janet Fitch's first novel, White Oleander, a #1 bestseller and Oprah's Book Club selection, has been translated into twenty-eight languages and was made into a feature film. Her second novel, Paint It Black, hit bestseller lists across the country and has also been made into a film. Her third novel, The Revolution of Marina M., begins an epic journey through the Russian Revolution, which concludes with Chimes of a Lost Cathedral. She lives with her husband in Los Angeles.

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