{"product_id":"the-not-wives-9781936932689","title":"The Not Wives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Occupy-era New York City novel following three women. \"A provocative and well-told story about chosen community, friendship, and human frailty.\" --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Not Wives traces the lives of three women as they navigate the Occupy Wall Street movement and each other. Stevie is a nontenured professor and recently divorced single mom; her best friend Mel is a bartender, torn between her long-term girlfriend and her desire to explore polyamory; and Johanna is a homeless teenager trying to find her way in the world, who bears shared witness to a tragedy that interlaces her life with Stevie's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the midst of economic collapse and class conflict, late-night hookups and long-suffering exes, the three characters piece together a new American identity founded on resistance--against the looming shadow of financial precarity, the gentrification of New York, and the traditional role of wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarley Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e is an essayist, novelist, and poet. She is the author of two books, the essay collection \u003cem\u003e16 Pills\u003c\/em\u003e (Tinderbox Editions 2018) and the young adult novel \u003cem\u003eThe Stalker Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2012). Her work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe American Poetry Review, Brainchild, The Brooklyn Rail, The Establishment, GUTS, The Journal of Popular Culture, The Nervous Breakdown, Public Books\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eVIDA: Women in Literary Arts\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a Clinical Professor of Writing and Contemporary Culture and Creative Production in the Global Liberal Studies Program at New York University and a Senior Associate at Bard College's Institute for Writing and Thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amethyst Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50476281037074,"sku":"9781936932689","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2b733eb2-85e1-492c-8696-86d095e758a9.jpg?v=1730247596","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-not-wives-9781936932689","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}