{"product_id":"women-and-children-first-stories-9781480445444","title":"Women and Children First: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Reading [this book] is like driving down the road with a companion who is so smart and funny and insightful that her conversation transforms the landscape\" (Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Acres\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The twelve \"meticulously observed\" stories of \u003ci\u003eWomen and Children First \u003c\/i\u003eshowcase \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Francine Prose at her finest--offering a glimpse into the lives of men and women searching for connection and meaning in a world that often seems pre-programmed for absurdity (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An adult daughter struggling to understand her father's newfound Hasidic faith, an alcoholic trying to improve himself by fasting, a housewife enrolled in the New Consciousness Academy, a French literature professor who's begun to fear \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e, and a young woman seeking direction from a Tibetan master in the company of neurotic, overeager followers--these are the achingly, hilariously real people who inhabit these \"wise and witty\" stories (\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-503695\"\u003eFrancine Prose\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480445444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1480445444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancine Prose is the author of sixteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eA Changed Man\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and \u003ci\u003eBlue Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award. Her most recent works of nonfiction include the highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eAnne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eReading Like a Writer\u003c\/i\u003e. A former president of PEN American Center and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Prose is a highly regarded critic and essayist, and has taught literature and writing for more than twenty years at major universities. She is a distinguished writer in residence at Bard College, and she lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44586707681517,"sku":"9781480445444","price":20.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_dfccfc8b-d303-48c8-b91c-a0908a0ecfcd.jpg?v=1702186191","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/women-and-children-first-stories-9781480445444","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}