{"product_id":"the-gin-closet-9781439153239","title":"The Gin Closet","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling essay collection \u003ci\u003eThe Empathy Exams\u003c\/i\u003e and the memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Recovering, \u003c\/i\u003e Leslie Jamison's \"exquisitely beautiful\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) novel about three generations of women and the inescapable brutality of love.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a young woman, Tilly flees home for the hollow underworld of Nevada, looking for pure souls and finding nothing but bad habits. One day, after Tilly has spent nearly thirty years without a family, drinking herself to the brink of death, her niece Stella--who has been leading her own life of empty promise in New York City--arrives on the doorstep of Tilly's desert trailer. \u003ci\u003eThe Gin Closet \u003c\/i\u003eunravels the strange and powerful intimacy that forms between them. With an uncanny ear for dialogue and a witty, unflinching candor about sex, love, and power, Leslie Jamison reminds us that no matter how unexpected its turns, the life we're given is all we have: the cruelties that unhinge us, the beauties that clarify us, the addictions that deform us, those fleeting possibilities of grace that fade as quickly as they come. \u003ci\u003eThe Gin Closet \u003c\/i\u003emarks the debut of a stunning new talent in fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439153239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.49w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/03\/2011 pg. 77\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Leslie Jamison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095590834357,"sku":"9781439153239","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e6ba8260-cd07-4d64-a6fa-8c857b81650d.jpg?v=1651587900","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-gin-closet-9781439153239","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}