{"product_id":"the-shame-9781571311368","title":"The Shame","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Literary Hub Recommended Read for August 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Bustle \"Most Anticipated Book of August 2020\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat if you could change your life? Would you do it? How would you do it?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alma and her family live close to the land: they raise chickens and sheep, they make maple syrup. Every day Alma's husband leaves for his job at a nearby college while she stays home with their young children, cleans, searches for secondhand goods online, and reads books by the women writers she adores. Then, one night, she abruptly leaves it all behind--speeding through the darkness, away from their Vermont homestead, bound for New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a series of flashbacks, Alma reveals the circumstances and choices that led to this moment. The joys and claustrophobia of their remote life through the passing of each season. Her fears and uncertainties about motherhood. The painfully awkward faculty dinners. Her feelings of loneliness and failure. And her growing fascination with Celeste: the mysterious ceramicist and self-loving doppelg nger whose story begins as inspiration for Alma before turning into a powerful obsession. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A fable both blistering and surreal, \u003ci\u003eThe Shame\u003c\/i\u003e is a propulsive, funny, and thought-provoking debut about a woman in isolation, whose mind--fueled by capitalism, motherhood, and the search for meaningful art--attempts to betray her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571311368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Makenna Goodman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660144144540,"sku":"9781571311368","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4c28eebb-c6aa-49be-a8f3-cc8f455b5d77.jpg?v=1603896199","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-shame-9781571311368","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}