{"product_id":"how-to-save-your-own-life-an-isadora-wing-novel-9781585424993","title":"How to Save Your Own Life: An Isadora Wing Novel","description":"Erica Jong--like Isadora Wing, her fictional doppelganger--was rich and famous, brainy and beautiful, and soaring high with erotica and marijuana in 1977, the year this book was first published. Erica\/Isadora are the perfect literary and libidinous guides for those readers who want to learn about-or just be reminded of-the sheer hedonistic innocence of the time. \u003ci\u003eHow to Save Your Own Life\u003c\/i\u003e was praised by \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e for being \"shameless, sex-saturated and a joy,\" and hailed by Anthony Burgess as one of the ninety-nine best novels published in English since 1939.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErica Jong is the author of nineteen books of poetry, fiction, and memoir, including \u003cb\u003eFear of Flying\u003c\/b\u003e, which has more than 18 million copies in print worldwide. Her most recent essays have appeared in \u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e, and she is a frequent guest on television talk shows. Currently working on a novel featuring Isadora Wing--the heroine of \u003cb\u003eFear of Flying\u003c\/b\u003e--as a woman of a certain age, Erica and her lawyer husband live in New York City and Connecticut. Her daughter, Molly Jong-Fast, is also an author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eErica Jong left a Ph.D. program at Columbia to write her ground-breaking novel \u003cb\u003eFear of Flying\u003c\/b\u003e, published in 1973. Jong is the author of numerous award-winning books of poetry and novels including \u003cb\u003eFanny\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eHow to Save Your\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eOwn Life\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eParachutes and Kisses\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAny Woman's Blues\u003c\/b\u003e, and the forthcoming \u003cb\u003eSappho's Leap\u003c\/b\u003e. She is also the author of the memoir \u003cb\u003eFear of Fifty\u003c\/b\u003e. She lives in New York City and Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914186756370,"sku":"9781585424993","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_22e57976-8150-40b5-b807-33716a64a09e.jpg?v=1738808927","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-save-your-own-life-an-isadora-wing-novel-9781585424993","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}