{"product_id":"westward-women","title":"Westward Women","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Emma Cline and Emily St. John Mandel, Westward Women is a hypnotic and hopeful debut--part fever dream, part dystopian road trip that claws its way towards a jaw-dropping finale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwood\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003c\/b\u003e- Joyce Carol Oates\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eIt starts with an itch.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eIn homes across the country, women ages eighteen to thirty-five begin to slow down.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eTired. Blank. Restless.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eDrawn to the Pacific Ocean like it's calling them home. They abandon their lives--jobs, families, their very selves. And once they reach the West, they vanish forever.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eAt the center of the story are three young women caught in the pull of something unstoppable.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eAimee follows the trail of her missing best friend to a man called the Piper--known for leading infected women West.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eTeenie, afflicted and unraveling, clings to a single memory as she looks out the window of the Piper's van.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eAnd Eve, a former journalist, is chasing the story that might just consume her.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003eEach on the edge of transformation. Drawn toward the unknown. In search of a way forward.\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eALICE MARTIN\u003c\/b\u003e is a fiction writer from North Carolina. She holds a PhD in English Literature and teaches writing at Rutgers University. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, her cat, and too many typewriters. \u003ci\u003eWestward Women \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alice Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51031383081245,"sku":"9781250375308","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781250375308.jpg?v=1773258288","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/westward-women","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}