{"product_id":"an-experiment-in-love-9780312426873","title":"An Experiment in Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was the year after Chappaquiddick, and all spring Carmel McBain had watery dreams about the disaster. Now she, Karina, and Julianne were escaping the dreary English countryside for a London University hall of residence. Interspersing accounts of her current position as a university student with recollections of her childhood and an ever difficult relationship with her longtime schoolmate Karina, Carmel reflects on a generation of girls desiring the power of men, but fearful of abandoning what is expected and proper. When these bright but confused young women land in late 1960s London, they are confronted with a slew of new preoccupations--sex, politics, food, and fertility--and a pointless grotesque tragedy of their own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHilary Mantel's magnificent novel examines the pressures on women during the early days of contemporary feminism to excel--but not be \u003ci\u003etoo\u003c\/i\u003e successful--in England's complex hierarchy of class and status.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilary Mantel\u003c\/b\u003e twice won the Booker Prize, for her best-selling novel \u003ci\u003eWolf Hall\u003c\/i\u003e and its sequel, \u003ci\u003eBring Up the Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e. The final novel of the Wolf Hall trilogy, \u003ci\u003eThe Mirror \u0026amp; the Light\u003c\/i\u003e, debuted at #1 on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list and won critical acclaim around the globe. Mantel authored over a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eA Place of Greater Safety\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Black, \u003c\/i\u003e and the memoir \u003ci\u003eGiving Up the Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565663686930,"sku":"9780312426873","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_23c9721d-6f68-4a78-a675-485667097572.jpg?v=1731887331","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-experiment-in-love-9780312426873","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}