The Objects of Her Affection: A Novel - Softcover

""This thrilling, emotional, and tautly paced novel will appeal to fans of The Book Thief (2006). Cobb's clear, unburdened prose allows Sophie's innermost hopes and anxieties to shine. Her brilliant first novel is the story of a woman with nothing and everything to lose." Starred Review
" - Booklist

"Cobb's real-life knowledge of the museum acquisition process-she's married to a curator-imbues this sizzling tale of suspense and moral dilemmas with a heightened sense of realism." - Publishers Weekly

""The museum details are also meticulous and will place readers deep within the art world."" - Kirkus Reviews

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""similarly thrilling" to Gone Girl...Smart social commentary meets taut heist when mom Sophie dips her toe into the black market art world, just so her family can have a nice home."" - Better Homes and Garden

"Sonya Cobb combines the rarified atmosphere of museum scholarship, illegal art trafficking, and the sticky desperation of young motherhood to craft a superbly written thriller. Sophie Porter, the novel's fierce, flawed heroine leads readers on a heady downhill race through the world of white-collar crime, where her high-risk gambles to secure the objects of her affection might mean losing them all." - Karen Engelmann, author of The Stockholm Octavo

"A tautly plotted and elegantly written debut about the shame of secrets and the power of home. I held my breath with every twist and turn -- and marveled over each effortlessly beautiful sentence." - Kelly Simmons, author of Standing Still and The Bird House

"An insightful and moving new voice, Sonya Cobb's The Objects of Her Affection is a smart, entertaining book that had me pinned to my chair until the end." - DeLauné Michel, author of The Safety of Secrets

SONYA COBB is an author, copywriter, and journalist. She lives in Westchester with her two children and her husband, a curator who previously worked for the Philadelphia Museum of Art and currently works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She swears that the only thing she s ever stolen was a candy bar when she was eight years old.