{"product_id":"the-cosmopolitans-9781558619043","title":"The Cosmopolitans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \"captivating, perceptive, and empathic novel of New York\" told with \"panache and mischievous ebullience\" (\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this retelling of Balzac's Parisian classic \u003cem\u003eCousin Bette, \u003c\/em\u003eSarah Shulman spins her revenge story in \u003cem\u003eMad Men-\u003c\/em\u003eera New York City. Bette, a lonely spinster, has worked as a secretary at an ad agency for thirty years. Her only real friend is her apartment neighbor Earl, a black, gay actor with a miserable job in a meatpacking plant. Shamed and disowned by their families, both find refuge in New York and in their friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEverything changes when Hortense, Bette's wealthy niece from Ohio, moves to the city to pursue her own acting career. Her arrival reminds Bette of her scandalous past and the estranged Midwestern family she left behind. When Hortense's calculating ambitions cause a rift between Bette and Earl, Bette uses her connections in the television ad world to destroy those who have wronged her.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTextured with the grit and gloss of midcentury Manhattan in the days before the Civil Rights and Feminist Movements, \u003cem\u003eThe Cosmopolitans\u003c\/em\u003e \"balance s] the hopes of an entire era on the backs of a fragile relationship. . . . Jarring and beautiful, this is a modern classic\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/em\u003estarred review).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558619043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2015 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sarah Schulman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659755516060,"sku":"9781558619043","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_196571d3-7a0d-4a70-b0f3-b2cd29e6e433.jpg?v=1603895419","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-cosmopolitans-9781558619043","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}