{"product_id":"want-9781250801074","title":"Want","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2020 by Time Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, NPR, Vulture, The New Yorker, and Kirkus \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrappling with motherhood, economic anxiety, rage, and the limits of language, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a fiercely personal novel that vibrates with anger, insight, and love. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElizabeth is tired. Years after coming to New York to try to build a life, she has found herself with two kids, a husband, two jobs, a PhD--and now they're filing for bankruptcy. As she tries to balance her dream and the impossibility of striving toward it while her work and home lives feel poised to fall apart, she wakes at ungodly hours to run miles by the icy river, struggling to quiet her thoughts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen she reaches out to Sasha, her long-lost childhood friend, it feels almost harmless--one of those innocuous ruptures that exist online, in texts. But her timing is uncanny. Sasha is facing a crisis, too, and perhaps after years apart, their shared moments of crux can bring them back into each other's lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWant\u003c\/i\u003e, Lynn Steger Strong explores the subtle violences enacted on a certain type of woman when she dares to want things--and all the various violences in which she implicates herself as she tries to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250801074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Lynn Steger Strong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40190497849525,"sku":"9781250801074","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_54372c32-9e91-4afb-9489-c08b196e4b08.jpg?v=1623130874","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/want-9781250801074","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}