{"product_id":"sleeping-with-cats-a-memoir-9780060936044","title":"Sleeping with Cats: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarge Piercy, a writer who is highly praised as both a poet and a novelist, turns her gaze inward as she shares her thoughts on life and explores her development as a woman and writer. She pays tribute to the one loving constant that has offered her comfort and meaning even as the faces and events in her life have changed -- her beloved cats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith searing honesty, Piercy tells of her strained childhood growing up in a religiously split, working-class family in Detroit. She examines her myriad friendships and relationships, including two painful early marriages, and reveals their effects on her creativity and career. More than a reminiscence of things past, however, \u003cem\u003eSleeping With Cats\u003c\/em\u003e is also a celebration of the present and the future, as Piercy shares her views on aging, creativity, and finding a lasting and improbable love with a man fourteen years younger than herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA chronicle of the turbulent and exciting journey of one artist's life, \u003cem\u003eSleeping With Cats\u003c\/em\u003e is a deeply intimate, unforgettable story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePiercy, Marge:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMarge Piercy is the author of the memoir Sleeping with Cats and fifteen novels, including \u003cem\u003eThree Women and Woman on the Edge of Time, \u003c\/em\u003e as well as sixteen books of poetry, including \u003cem\u003eColors Passing Through Us, The Art of Blessing the Day, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCircles on the Water.\u003c\/em\u003e She lives on Cape Cod, with her husband, Ira Wood, the novelist and publisher of Leapfrog Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491367588114,"sku":"9780060936044","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e2f7c97d-bbbe-49dc-acdb-1b182afd007b.jpg?v=1730539702","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sleeping-with-cats-a-memoir-9780060936044","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}