{"product_id":"city-of-girls-hardcover","title":"City of Girls - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the # 1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEat Pray Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Signature of All Things\u003c\/i\u003e, a delicious novel of glamour, sex, and adventure, about a young woman discovering that you don't have to be a \u003ci\u003egood girl\u003c\/i\u003e to be a good person.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A spellbinding novel about love, freedom, and finding your own happiness.\" - PopSugar\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Intimate and richly sensual, razzle-dazzle with a hint of danger.\" -\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Pairs well with a cocktail...or two.\" -\u003ci\u003eTheSkimm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Life is both fleeting and dangerous, and there is no point in denying yourself pleasure, or being anything other than what you are.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mostly pleasure), \u003ci\u003eCity of Girls\u003c\/i\u003e explores themes of female sexuality and promiscuity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of true love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant, crumbling midtown theater called the Lily Playhouse. There Vivian is introduced to an entire cosmos of unconventional and charismatic characters, from the fun-chasing showgirls to a sexy male actor, a grand-dame actress, a lady-killer writer, and no-nonsense stage manager. But when Vivian makes a personal mistake that results in professional scandal, it turns her new world upside down in ways that it will take her years to fully understand. Ultimately, though, it leads her to a new understanding of the kind of life she craves - and the kind of freedom it takes to pursue it. It will also lead to the love of her life, a love that stands out from all the rest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow eighty-nine years old and telling her story at last, Vivian recalls how the events of those years altered the course of her life - and the gusto and autonomy with which she approached it. \"At some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time,\" she muses. \"After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is.\" Written with a powerful wisdom about human desire and connection, \u003ci\u003eCity of Girls\u003c\/i\u003e is a love story like no other.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e is the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eCity of Girls, Signature of All Things, Stern Men; \u003c\/i\u003ethe story collection \u003ci\u003ePilgrims; \u003c\/i\u003eand the nonfiction books \u003ci\u003eBig Magic, Eat Pray Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Committed, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Last American Man\u003c\/i\u003e. A finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN\/Hemingway Award, Gilbert began her career as a journalist. She divides her time between New York City, rural New Jersey, and everywhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44432928833638,"sku":"9781594634734","price":36.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/WURHdm1ldmlhSElRbW9WQ21pUjdtdz09.webp?v=1770353445","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/city-of-girls-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}