{"product_id":"heavy-cream-9781668217740","title":"Heavy Cream","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A magic spell of a book.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Julie Buntin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHeavy Cream\u003c\/i\u003e is funny, deeply felt, and positively effervescent, brimming with life and color and texture--I was repeatedly struck by its humor, its compassion, and its candor.\" --Claire Lombardo, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Most Fun We Ever Had\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbandoned by her mother in New York, sixteen-year-old Geraldine falls under the influence of three women, each seeking to form her in their image, in this \"wildly perceptive\" (Stefan Merrill Block, \u003ci\u003eNew\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eYork\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e bestselling author \u003ci\u003eof \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHomeschooled\u003c\/i\u003e) coming-of-age story from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAlice Sadie Celine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Gerry, growing up on the road has always been her mother and her, locked in dysfunction. Homeschooled, she hasn't learned much math. Instead, her mother has taught her how to spend the day at a motel's swimming pool without being a guest and how to dodge paying extra for the chicken on a Caesar salad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGerry learns how to pass and adapt, but when she is abandoned in the city, Gerry finds herself in the care of three very different women, each intent on shaping her?into competing and incompatible selves. First, there is her mother's old college friend Bonnie, who lives in a world of country clubs and chintzy domesticity. Then there is Nell, her mother's estranged sister and a successful artist, who insists on ambition and self-invention. And finally Finley, an old-money socialite, who ushers Gerry into a rarefied world of Manhattan privilege. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA coming-of-age novel story that explores unconventional forms of motherhood and caretaking, \u003ci\u003eHeavy Cream \u003c\/i\u003eis both a charming comedy of manners and a deeply probing look at the complexities of love, mental illness, and inheritance, and one young woman's eccentric path to selfhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668217740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sarah Blakley-Cartwright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933953388725,"sku":"9781668217740","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/heavy-cream-9781668217740","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}