{"product_id":"a-very-nice-girl-9781250871077","title":"A Very Nice Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Imogen Crimp's enjoyable debut novel... is an all-too-real reminder of what it is to be a woman in your 20s...\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Tender, devastating, witty. And deeply true. \u003ci\u003eSweetbitter \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eNormal People\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--Meg Mason, author of \u003ci\u003eSorrow and Bliss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bitingly honest, darkly funny debut about ambition, sex, power, and love, Imogen Crimp's \u003ci\u003eA Very Nice Girl\u003c\/i\u003e cracks open the timeless questions of what it is to be young, what it is to want to be wanted, and what it is to find your calling but lose your way to it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnna doesn't fit in. Not with her wealthy classmates at the selective London Conservatory where she unexpectedly wins a place after university, not with the family she left behind, and definitely not with Max, a man she meets in the bar where she sings for cash. He's everything she's not--rich, tailored to precision, impossible to read--and before long Anna is hooked, desperate to hold his attention, and determined to ignore the warning signs that this might be a toxic relationship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Anna shuttles from grueling rehearsals to brutal auditions, she finds herself torn between two conflicting desires: the drive to nurture her fledgling singing career, which requires her undivided attention, and the longing for human connection. When the stakes increase, and the roles she's playing--both on stage and off--begin to feel all-consuming, Anna must reckon with the fact that, in carefully performing what's expected of her as a woman, she risks losing sight of herself completely. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth exceedingly contemporary and classic, \u003ci\u003eA Very Nice Girl \u003c\/i\u003ereminds us that even once we have taken possession of our destinies we still have the power to set all we hold dear on fire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250871077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336","brand":"Imogen Crimp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42561892221109,"sku":"9781250871077","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1585753b-883a-4cf7-a7d4-acfe2e759556.jpg?v=1670942522","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-very-nice-girl-9781250871077","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}