{"product_id":"the-end-of-eve-isbn-9780986000799","title":"The End of Eve","description":"At age 39, Ariel Gore has everything she’s always wanted: a successful writing career, a long-term partnership, a beautiful if tiny home, a daughter in college and a son in preschool. But life’s happy endings don’t always last. If it’s not one thing, after all, it’s your mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKnock knock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer name is Eve. Her epic temper tantrums have already gotten her banned from three cab companies in Portland. And she’s here to announce that she’s dying. “Pitifully, Ariel,” she sighs, “you’re all I have.” Ariel doesn’t want to take care of her crazy dying mother, but she knows she will.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt’s the right thing to do, isn’t it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd, anyway, \u003ci\u003eHow long could it go on?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Don’t worry,” Eve says. “If I’m ever a burden, I’ll just blow my brains out.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAriel’s partner, Sol, agrees to come along, too, but on the condition that they all move into a bigger house . . . in New Mexico. So Ariel packs up her home and family and moves more than a thousand miles away from their work and community to become her mother’s reluctant caregiver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDarkly humorous and intimately human, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Eve\u003c\/i\u003e reads like \u003ci\u003eTerms of Endearment\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eWhatever Happened to Baby Jane?\u003c\/i\u003e Amidst the chaos of clowns and hospice workers, pie and too much whiskey, Ariel’s own ten-year relationship begins to unravel, forcing her to reconsider the meaning of family and everything she’s ever been taught to call “love.”\"A darkly humorous mother-daughter memoir . . . Gore never wavers into self-pity.\" —Meredith May, \u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If Cheryl Strayed’s \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e was a grungier version of that original 21st century woman’s-quest-for-self-actualization-in-far-off places, \u003ci\u003eEat, Pray, Love \u003c\/i\u003e(with less cash, more blisters), then Ariel Gore’s \u003ci\u003eThe End of Eve\u003c\/i\u003e is a more Portland version of \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e (more tattoos; road trips in trailers; a cornucopia of naturopaths, hipsters, even a feminist boyfriend with a PhD in Anais Nin) . . . To say I loved this memoir avoids admitting an embarrassing cliché: Once I picked up this book, I literally could not put it down. Written while the wound of loss was still fresh, the rawness of this memoir sets it apart from others in the genre . . . Transcending blame, Gore shifts the paradigm that usually dominates grief memoirs, charting a courageous course through a different type of sorrow: mourning for the parent who couldn’t, wouldn’t love her enough.\" —Wayne Scott, \u003ci\u003eThe Oregonian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe End of Eve\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a memoir; it is a new Bible of sorts, a book we can turn to when things get thick.\" —Sarah Maria Medina, \u003ci\u003eBitch Media\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gore is a brave writer who does not flinch at baring herself even when she is behaving badly. She can take the perils of lifelong grief and transform them into a swan song you hope never ends.\" —\u003cbr\u003eEmily Grosvenor, \u003ci\u003eEugene Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Behave in a way you’re going to be proud of, she writes on her wrist. The simple agency of this moment—a human being trying to be good—feels universally poignant and almost heartbreakingly endearing.\" —Nishida Mehra,\u003ci\u003e Trope Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The memoir is in the running for my favorite book of the year. It is gut-wrenching to read and bear witness to this period in the author’s life, but by the end, the reader has been given a hard-won gift in this beautifully written book. A worthy addition to anyone’s bookshelf.\" —Jillian L. Schweitzer, \u003ci\u003eAtlasWonders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe End Of Eve: A Memoir \u003c\/i\u003eis the perfect antidote to Mother’s Day. As a memoirist, Ariel Gore is gifted: she is able to tell a heartbreaking story of illness and betrayal with the perfect mix of respect, humor and irreverence.\" —Jessica Wakeman, \u003ci\u003eThe Frisky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An incredibly honest and genuine voice. The memoir explores all the complex and at times contradictory emotions that make up relationships—love, anger, jealousy, joy, hopelessness. The prose is tender and candid, and very often darkly funny.\" —Caroline Diezyn, \u003ci\u003eOffbeat Home \u0026amp; Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gore has such well-honed storytelling skills that she pares away the unnecessary until all that remains is a spare, exposed and beautiful story.\" —Rebecca Fish Ewan, \u003ci\u003eBrevity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If I had to pick a must-read book of the year so far, it would be this book.\u003ci\u003e The End of Eve\u003c\/i\u003e is approachable, witty, and beautiful, with an underlying tough-as-fucking-nails attitude that leads you into dazzling spaces and dark corners without a second’s warning. The intersection of gorgeous, thoughtful writing and an immediately-compelling story put it high up on my list of books to recommend to just about anybody. Read it, okay?\" —Susie Rodarme, \u003ci\u003eInsatiable Booksluts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe End of Eve\u003c\/i\u003e was accomplished by an experienced journalist and writer across genre—her prose is both eloquent and spare. Gore is an expert at plunging into the sensory specifics of a narrative moment and staying only long enough for the characters to have a compelling exchange—plus, she never wastes a detail of description that doesn’t resonate on a larger thematic level.\" —Alison Barker, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By turns tender and heartbreaking, Gore’s book is a brave, thoroughly authentic journey to the center of the human heart. Wickedly sharp reading filled to bursting with compassion, rage, pain and wit.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Far from being morose, though, this is a darkly humorous and at times even insanely cheerful account, launched by her mother’s nonchalant announcement that she has been diagnosed with lung cancer. [P]art \u003ci\u003eTerms of Endearment\u003c\/i\u003e, part \u003ci\u003eGrey Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e, and part \u003ci\u003eWhatever Happened to Baby Jane? \u003c\/i\u003eAltogether, a quiet, funny, unsentimental portrait of caregiving and bearing witness.\" —June Sawyers, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gore’s mantra of 'Behave in a way you’re going to be proud of' guided her well during her mother’s seemingly unending final illness but also in the writing of this book.\" —Therese Nielsen, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a remarkable balancing act between boundaries and compassion, between self-protection and self-giving. With the help of richly dark humor and hard work, Ariel Gore maintains her poise and outlasts the demon. Barely. Read this book. It’s all about living in the mess with grace. It’s a lesson in courage.\" —Richard Haddaway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The depth of insight of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Eve\u003c\/i\u003e often took my breath away. Not to mention its drop-dead humor, the sadness, and the rage. Ariel Gore’s memoir is in its essence a how to book. In the face of death, our grief, how to breathe, how to be brave, how to be funny, how to be authentic. How to make it through. But most of all: tenderness—how Ariel puts human tenderness on the page is an act of poetry damn close to sublime.\" —Tom Spanbauer, author of \u003ci\u003eIn The City of Shy Hunters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Ariel Gore has blown my mind twice before with her previous books on motherhood and happiness—now she’s stunned me a third time with \u003ci\u003eThe End of Eve.\u003c\/i\u003e This is the story of the world’s most startlingly insane, beautiful mother who was supposed to die in one year—but nearly killed her entire family and staff before she was through.\" —Susie Bright, author of \u003ci\u003eFull Exposure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Dorothy Parker famously said 'there are no happy endings,' but Ariel Gore’s sweet, tough, elegant account of her mother’s last days is absurdly happy—if happy means inhabiting life in all its mess, distress, beauty and occasional hilarity. A near-perfect gem.\" —Karen Karbo, author of \u003ci\u003eJulia Child Rules: Lessons on Savoring Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Ariel Gore takes some of the heaviest life work—caring for a difficult, terminally ill parent—and somehow through her writing transforms it into a funny, interesting, moving experience. Her work is like origami in that way—capable of changing one solid thing into something entirely different, and beautiful, because of the way she looks at the world. Totally unique, and very inspiring.\" —\u003cbr\u003eCorin Tucker, Sleater-Kinney\u003cb\u003eARIEL GORE\u003c\/b\u003e is the publisher of \u003ci\u003eHip Mama Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Her books include \u003ci\u003eBluebird: Women and the New Psychology of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHow to Become a Famous Writer Before You're Dead\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Traveling Death and Resurrection Show\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAtlas of the Human Heart\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Hip Mama's Survival Guide\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Santa Fe, NM.","brand":"Hawthorne Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532200489189,"sku":"NP9780986000799","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780986000799.jpg?v=1773183036","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-end-of-eve-isbn-9780986000799","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}