{"product_id":"vida-paperback-1","title":"Vida - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarge Piercy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1979, \u003cem\u003eVida\u003c\/em\u003e is Marge Piercy's classic bookend to the '60s. \u003cem\u003eVida\u003c\/em\u003e is full of the pleasures and pains, the experiments, disasters, and victories of an extraordinary band of people. At the center of the novel stands Vida Asch. She has lived underground for almost a decade. Back in the '60s she was a political star of the exuberant antiwar movement--a red-haired beauty photographed for the pages of \u003cem\u003eLife\u003c\/em\u003e magazine--charismatic, passionate, and totally sure she would prevail. Now, a decade later, Vida is on the run, her star-quality replaced by stubborn courage. She comes briefly to rest in a safe house on Cape Cod. To her surprise and annoyance, she finds another person in the house, a fugitive, Joel, ten years younger than she, a kid who dropped into the underground out of the army. As they spend the next days together, Vida finds herself warming toward a man for the first time in years, knowing the dangers all too well.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs counterpoint to the underground '70s, Marge Piercy tells the extraordinary tale of the optimistic '60s, the thousands of people who were members of SAW (Students Against the War) and of the handful who formed a fierce group called the Little Red Wagon. Piercy's characters make vivid and comprehensible the desperation, the courage, and the blind rage of a time when \"action\" could appear to some to be a more rational choice than the vote. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA new introduction by Marge Piercy situates the book, and the author, in the times from which they emerged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarge Piercy is the author of 17 novels, including the bestselling \u003ci\u003eBraided Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGone to Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWoman on the Edge of Time\u003c\/i\u003e; numerous volumes of poetry; and a critically acclaimed memoir, \u003ci\u003eSleeping with Cats\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of four honorary doctorates and has been a key player in many of the major progressive political battles of our time. She lives in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770845659424,"sku":"9781604864878","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0fd1e54570213e8267bb869b6620d527.webp?v=1780379363","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/vida-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}