{"product_id":"one-in-me-i-never-loved-9781590518724","title":"One in Me I Never Loved","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLambda Literary\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Book of the Month\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant collage of stories of women young and old, this novel from an Alfaguara Prize-winning author explores both the need to be seen and the need to disappear.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn present-day New York, Margarita grapples with insecurities on her fifty-sixth birthday. She feels neglected by her husband, and suspects he's having an affair with one of his students. Mysteries surrounding two friends offer both a distraction and unexpected insight: \u003cbr\u003e Anne, the concierge of her apartment building, has suddenly vanished without a trace, leaving Anne's mother to confront a long-held secret.\u003cbr\u003e Juliana, now in her eighties, is eager to find the woman who changed the course of her life more than sixty years ago.\u003cbr\u003e With a seamless blend of reality and fiction, Carla Guelfenbein takes us back to the 1940s to provide answers, drawing on the intimate letters that Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral wrote to her lover and executor, Doris Dana, in the years after their first meeting at Barnard College. Struggling under the weight of Gabriela's intense attachment, the much younger Doris enjoys a passionate night of sex and alcohol with a childhood friend while they're apart.\u003cbr\u003e Far from the chaste, self-sacrificing image imposed on Mistral after her death because she never married, the characters of \u003ci\u003eOne in Me I Never Loved\u003c\/i\u003e reflect womanhood in all its complexities, challenging the limits on their freedom and sexuality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590518724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2021 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carla Guelfenbein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574487982261,"sku":"9781590518724","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f9c885e0-2068-40cd-96c5-0170e7b5610e.jpg?v=1643694947","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/one-in-me-i-never-loved-9781590518724","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}