{"product_id":"an-experiment-in-love-9780312426873","title":"An Experiment in Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was the year after Chappaquiddick, and all spring Carmel McBain had watery dreams about the disaster. Now she, Karina, and Julianne were escaping the dreary English countryside for a London University hall of residence. Interspersing accounts of her current position as a university student with recollections of her childhood and an ever difficult relationship with her longtime schoolmate Karina, Carmel reflects on a generation of girls desiring the power of men, but fearful of abandoning what is expected and proper. When these bright but confused young women land in late 1960s London, they are confronted with a slew of new preoccupations--sex, politics, food, and fertility--and a pointless grotesque tragedy of their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHilary Mantel's magnificent novel examines the pressures on women during the early days of contemporary feminism to excel--but not be \u003ci\u003etoo\u003c\/i\u003e successful--in England's complex hierarchy of class and status.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312426873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.58w x 0.71d","brand":"Hilary Mantel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635880292508,"sku":"9780312426873","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d6fec85d-a189-49c9-af30-563b226ea496.jpg?v=1603840779","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/an-experiment-in-love-9780312426873","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}