{"product_id":"banana-rose-9780553375138","title":"Banana Rose","description":"The bestselling novel from the beloved author of \u003ci\u003eWriting Down the Bones, Wild Mind, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLong Quiet Highway\u003c\/i\u003e is now available in paperback for the first time. With a half-million copies in print of her three remarkable books of nonfiction, Natalie Goldberg has inspired a generation of writers with her insight, humor, and empathy. Subtly hilarious and achingly raw, her first novel \u003ci\u003eBanana Rose\u003c\/i\u003e has rewarded her devoted fans while attracting a whole new readership to her work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBanana Rose\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Nell Schwartz, a Brooklyn-born Jewish girl who moves to the Taos of communes and sweet cedar smoke, transforms herself into Banana Rose (because she's \"bananas\"), falls in love with a horn player named Gauguin, and believes they can stop time if they just love hard enough. It's also about Nell and Anna, a strange-eyed writer as lonely as the Nebraska farm where she grew up, whose kisses taste like raspberries and who teaches Nell what it means to be an artist. But most of all, \u003ci\u003eBanana Rose\u003c\/i\u003e is about Nell's struggle with her own wild heart, with the demands of canvas and paint, with her family and faith, and with her irrepressible longing for home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatalie Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e lives in northern New Mexico and is the author of \u003ci\u003eWriting Down the Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eWild Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLong Quiet Highway\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBanana Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Living Color\u003c\/i\u003e, a book about her work as a painter. She teaches writing in workshops nationwide.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460391473426,"sku":"9780553375138","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ddb98b42-c0af-465e-a3b1-325b7afae037.jpg?v=1730040640","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/banana-rose-9780553375138","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}