{"product_id":"the-next-9781250110572","title":"The Next","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Library Journal's \"Best Books of 2016\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best 35 Over 35 Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlogcritics Best Fiction of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel so startlingly original and so unafraid to approach complicated, bald emotion and anger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA very cunning variation on the revenge fable.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The lusty, livid Joanna is the hottest middle-aged\/dead woman in fiction.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Minneapolis Star\u003c\/i\u003e Tribune \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoanna DeAngelis may be gone from this life, but she has a score to settle before she can move on to the next. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbandoned by Ned McGowan, her younger lover, and obsessed with his betrayal, Joanna falls into a dark afterlife, only to rise up as a restless, vengeful spirit. Anna and Elena, her loving daughters, grapple with grief. Her faithful dog, Tom, watches and waits. But Joanna has only one thing on her agenda: revenge. She streaks through contemporary Manhattan, chasing Ned down, determined to hold him accountable for leaving her alone in her darkest hour. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the way, Joanna revisits the beautiful life she once had, the choices she made and the consequences she suffered. She is transported by memory into desire and even deeper, into her very soul, where she searches for what's been lost ... and finds what is eternal. At the end of her journey, none of them - Jo's daughters, her dog, Ned and the ghost Joanna - will ever be the same. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFierce and funny, dark and uplifting, a sexy, lyrical page-turner, Stephanie Gangi's \u003ci\u003eThe Next\u003c\/i\u003e is at its heart, a love story about a ghost who is determined to fix her life, even after she's dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTEPHANIE GANGI lives, works and writes in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492395127058,"sku":"9781250110572","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fd8ee2c5-31db-47ca-bf4a-fd0419f3167b.jpg?v=1730587934","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-next-9781250110572","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}