{"product_id":"dont-stop-9798889661740","title":"Don't Stop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Luminous, evocative, and original.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eChristina Baker Kline\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA daring, erotically charged novel about ambition, desire, and the dangerous pursuit of self-knowledge. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIna is a 41-year-old literary scholar on the cusp of professional success. With a coveted university job, a kind husband, and a book on Eugene O'Neill due in months, her life appears enviably stable. But when an impulsive kiss with a stranger shatters her self-control, Ina finds herself plunged into an erotic and emotional freefall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe tells herself it's research--a brief detour before returning to real life. But what begins as a flirtation becomes a reckoning with everything Ina thought she wanted: marriage, intellect, control. As she navigates the ecstatic confusion of newfound desire, she risks upending her work, her relationship, and her understanding of who she is. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Brooklyn and Manhattan at the turn of the millennium, \u003cem\u003eDon't Stop\u003c\/em\u003e is a bold, immersive debut that explores what happens when a woman dares to want more--of the world, of her body, of herself. Bonnie Friedman delivers a novel of transgression, transformation, and unapologetic longing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A moving, laser-eyed story about love, desire, betrayal, and destiny, which manages, mysteriously, to be simultaneously funny and profound.\"--Michael Cunningham\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriedman, Bonnie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBonnie Friedman\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the bestselling \u003cem\u003eWriting Past Dark\u003c\/em\u003e, named one of the Essential Books for Writers by the Center for Fiction and \u003cem\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/em\u003e. She is also the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Thief of Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSurrendering Oz\u003c\/em\u003e, a finalist for the PEN Award in the Art of the Essay. Her work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/em\u003e and numerous other literary journals, and she has been named a notable essayist four times in \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Essays\u003c\/em\u003e. She has taught writing at the University of Iowa, Dartmouth, NYU, and the University of North Texas. \u003cem\u003eDon't Stop\u003c\/em\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52196625744146,"sku":"9798889661740","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_252d5d38-96a0-4097-a267-335dd8383f9f.jpg?v=1776155718","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dont-stop-9798889661740","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}