{"product_id":"women-and-children-first-stories-paperback","title":"Women and Children First: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancine Prose\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevelations of the mysterious, contradictory heart of everyday life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's one thing for your husband to leave you for another woman, but how is a person supposed to feel when the man of her dreams abandons her for the stars themselves? In the twelve tales of \u003ci\u003eWomen and Children First\u003c\/i\u003e, Francine Prose shows us an alcoholic trying to improve himself by fasting, a housewife enrolled in the New Consciousness Academy, and a French literature professor who's begun to fear \u003ci\u003eMadame Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e. Prose's characters are lost, frightened, and alone--and far more like us than we might care to admit.\u003c\/p\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760683221280,"sku":"9781480445444","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/55ac924877fcbf1c276be9768e0f159a.webp?v=1780186754","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/women-and-children-first-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}