{"product_id":"woman-on-the-edge-of-time-9780449000946","title":"Woman on the Edge of Time","description":"Hailed as a classic of speculative fiction, Marge Piercy's landmark novel is a transformative vision of two futures--and what it takes to will one or the other into reality. Harrowing and prescient, \u003ci\u003eWoman on the Edge of Time \u003c\/i\u003espeaks to a new generation on whom these choices weigh more heavily than ever before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Connie Ramos is a Mexican American woman living on the streets of New York. Once ambitious and proud, she has lost her child, her husband, her dignity--and now they want to take her sanity. After being unjustly committed to a mental institution, Connie is contacted by an envoy from the year 2137, who shows her a time of sexual and racial equality, environmental purity, and unprecedented self-actualization. But Connie also bears witness to another potential outcome: a society of grotesque exploitation in which the barrier between person and commodity has finally been eroded. One will become our world. And Connie herself may strike the decisive blow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWoman on the Edge of Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This is one of those rare novels that leave us different people at the end than we were at the beginning. Whether you are reading Marge Piercy's great work again or for the first time, it\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewill remind you that we are creating the future with every choice we make.\"\u003cb\u003e--Gloria Steinem \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An ambitious, unusual novel about the possibilities for moral courage in contemporary society.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A stunning, even astonishing novel . . . marvelous and compelling.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Connie Ramos's world is cuttingly real.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Newsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Absorbing and exciting.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780449000946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.26w x 0.83d","brand":"Marge Piercy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637351411868,"sku":"9780449000946","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c62c7748-dd65-41d3-8b43-e1effeb494a6.jpg?v=1603844575","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/woman-on-the-edge-of-time-9780449000946","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}