{"product_id":"the-fixed-stars-9781419742996","title":"The Fixed Stars","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a bestselling memoirist, a thoughtful and provocative story of changing identity, complex sexuality, and enduring family relationships\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At age 36, while serving on a jury, author Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney she hardly knew. Married to a man for nearly a decade and mother to a toddler, Wizenberg tried to return to her life as she knew it, but something inside her had changed irrevocably. Instead, she would discover that the trajectory of our lives is rarely as smooth or as logical as we'd like to believe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like many of us, Wizenberg had long understood sexual orientation as a stable part of ourselves: we're \"born this way.\" Suddenly she realized that her story was more complicated. Who was she, she wondered, if something at her very core could change so radically? \u003ci\u003eThe Fixed Stars\u003c\/i\u003e is a taut, electrifying memoir exploring timely and timeless questions about desire, identity, and the limits and possibilities of family. In honest and searing prose, Wizenberg forges a new path: through the murk of separation and divorce, coming out to family and friends, learning to co-parent a young child, and realizing a new vision of love. The result is a frank and moving story about letting go of rigid definitions and ideals that no longer fit, and learning instead who we really are. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419742996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2020 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Molly Wizenberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36650077388956,"sku":"9781419742996","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_92dc7622-1bd8-4a4a-9817-cad762cfed32.jpg?v=1603874431","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-fixed-stars-9781419742996","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}