{"product_id":"difficult-women-paperback","title":"Difficult Women - Paperback","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\u003eRoxane Gay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA national bestseller from the \"prolific and exceptionally insightful\" (\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e) Roxane Gay, \u003cem\u003eDifficult Women\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of stories of rare force that paints a wry, beautiful, haunting vision of modern America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDifficult Women\u003c\/em\u003e tells of hardscrabble lives, passionate loves, and quirky and vexed human connection. The women in these stories live lives of privilege and of poverty, are in marriages both loving and haunted by past crimes or emotional blackmail. A pair of sisters have been inseparable ever since they were abducted together as children, and, grown now, must negotiate the elder sister's marriage. A woman married to a twin pretends not to realize when her husband and his brother impersonate each other. A stripper putting herself through college fends off the advances of an overzealous customer. A black engineer moves to Upper Michigan for a job and faces the malign curiosity of her colleagues and the difficulty of leaving her past behind. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom a girls' fight club to a wealthy subdivision in Florida where neighbors conform, compete, and spy on each other, Gay gives voice to a chorus of unforgettable women in a scintillating collection reminiscent of Merritt Tierce, Anne Enright, and Miranda July.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eROXANE GAY\u003c\/strong\u003e is also the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of the memoir \u003cem\u003eHunger\u003c\/em\u003e; the story collection\u003cem\u003e Difficult Women\u003c\/em\u003e; the novel \u003cem\u003eAn Untamed State\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; the essay collection \u003cem\u003eBad Feminist\u003c\/em\u003e; and several comic books in Marvel's \u003cem\u003eBlack Panther: World of Wakanda\u003c\/em\u003e series. She is a recipient of the PEN Center USA Freedom to Write Award, among other honors. She divides her time between Indiana and Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44304361750630,"sku":"9780802127372","price":24.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/T0cwUW9jTjN5R2lBTXlITStabm9jUT09.webp?v=1767596138","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/difficult-women-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}