{"product_id":"the-melting-season-isbn-9781594484995","title":"The Melting Season","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of today's hottest novelists and author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Middlesteins \u003c\/i\u003e-- a provocative story about friendship and self-discovery. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatherine Madison left her small town in Nebraska after her husband deserted her. She's also left behind her most shameful secrets-of a family and a marriage that have plagued her with self-doubt. On the road, she's trying to become a new person. But running away from the past isn't as easy as she'd hoped. Her journey leads her to Las Vegas, where she forms surprising new friendships that compel her to reveal what she'd sworn she'd keep hidden, and teach her what human connection really means.\u003cbr\u003e \"Attenberg's narrative voice - a lean, straight-ahead, deadpan tone that cuts cleanly through Catherine's hypocrisy and self-pity like a laser-guided strike - makes \u003ci\u003eThe Melting Season\u003c\/i\u003e singular and disquieting.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A rich novel, one that begins as a road-trip yarn but then contains enough twists to form a complicated emotional journey.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eTime Out Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Attenberg's imagery is picture perfect and, many times, tragic.Her complex characters are not only relatable but share a journey we have all traveled: leaving home and discovering for the first time who we really are and where we belong.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Elle.com \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"With a trail of whiskey and Diet Cokes in her wake, Catherine heads west to leave behind a damaged marriage. Reading about her life in Vegas and her road to self-discovery in this novel feels like peeking at a friend's diary.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eGlamour\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Attenberg is a brave, honest writer with scary talent, and this novel about a young woman heading west to escape a failing marriage and a small town is her best yet.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eCourier Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An intelligent, moving portrait of a journey to self-awareness, with meaty characters and a refreshing absence of psychobabble.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[Attenberg] renders poignant prose and portrays the desperate behavior of her characters with verve.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJami Attenberg\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of nine books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Kept Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Melting Season\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Reason to See You Again\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Middlesteins, All Grown Up\u003c\/i\u003e and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eI Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the creator of the annual online group writing accountability project #1000wordsofsummer, which inspired the recently published \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003e1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round. \u003c\/i\u003eJami has also written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. Her work has been published in sixteen languages. Chicago native, she lives in Brooklyn, New York.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299840839909,"sku":"NP9781594484995","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781594484995.jpg?v=1767740462","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-melting-season-isbn-9781594484995","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}