{"product_id":"women-and-children-first-stories-paperback","title":"Women and Children First: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancine Prose\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53463922475315,"sku":"9781480445444","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/Ls_1PjYkbm9781480445444.webp?v=1781577147","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/women-and-children-first-stories-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}