{"product_id":"other-women-isbn-9781836741657","title":"Other Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eA slyly subversive bildungsroman about misplaced love, by the author of the lauded novel \u003ci\u003eNothing Can Hurt You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter dropping out of college, a young woman wanders through New York both invisible and vulnerable, studying the city’s strong magic and longing for a man she knows will never love her back. Salvation appears to arrive when Charlotte Herzfeld, the young wife of a successful businessman, hires her as a live-in nanny to accompany the family on a trip to Berlin. As the Herzfelds begin to crack under the weight of their secrets, she finds herself in a more precarious position than ever before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReflective yet propulsive, and told in a voice both ingenuous and insightful, \u003ci\u003eOther Women \u003c\/i\u003eis a timeless and all-too-relatable tale of unwise decisions and unfortunate fixations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume includes three new short stories and an introduction from Megan Nolan.\"\u003ci\u003eOther Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharp toothed and uncomfortable exposition of recklessness brought about by love and a weakness for beauty. I devoured this hypnotically intimate and vivid portrait of a woman's anger and appetite,\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMegan Nolan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"My copy of \u003ci\u003eOther Women\u003c\/i\u003e is full of dog-eared pages and underlined sentences--it's such a special book that I find myself returning to and recommending. Love and cruelty is a dangerous and alluring combination, and Nicola Maye Goldberg writes about it beautifully here.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChelsea Hodson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elegant, tactile and heartfelt\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSean Thor Conroe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Obsessive, dark, visionary and brutal, Nicola Maye Goldberg’s\u003ci\u003e Other Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a singular, sensitive portrait of misplaced love in which every detail shines, both harrowing and beautiful.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Allie Rowbottom, author of \u003ci\u003eJell-O Girls\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAesthetica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Goldberg pairs her 2016 novella with three short works in this impactful volume… Each entry is told from an intimate point of view and showcases Goldberg’s pared-down prose. It’s a memorable gallery of women on the brink.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNICOLA MAYE GOLDBERG \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eNothing Can Hurt You\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eVogue, New York Tyrant\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJoyland\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University.","brand":"Verso Fiction","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233456369893,"sku":"NP9781836741657","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781836741657.jpg?v=1767734297","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/other-women-isbn-9781836741657","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}