{"product_id":"the-talking-stick-9781648210310","title":"The Talking Stick","description":"\"The situation: real women with real and painful problems. \u003cbr\u003e The solution: have friends. Also, magic. \u003cbr\u003e The result: A thoroughly engaging, completely entertaining novel by the great Donna Levin.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Karen Joy Fowler, PEN\/Faulkner award winner, Man Booker award nominee, and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jane Austen Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Four women find humor, truth, romance, and a better path forward by deconstructing memory and emotion--and expose a wannabe cult leader along the way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hunter is lost. Her husband left her for Angelica, her former best friend whose new hit memoir is spreading unsavory lies about Hunter. She's unemployed with no prospects, and the San Francisco flea market she's wandering on a weekday is so foggy that she literally doesn't know where she is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's only after a helpful visit and a gift from a stranger who appears from the mist that Hunter finds her resolve. She begins a support group for women looking for new beginnings--only to have Angelica start one, too. In the next room over. One that feels very cult-y. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Talking Stick \u003c\/i\u003eis the adventure of Hunter and the three women who join her reclamation journey. Together, they reexamine their pasts, explore their grief, addictions, parenting, and marriages, and discover that some of their most-cherished memories are romanticized versions of the truth. Meanwhile, they unearth other memories--memories that challenge how they've been living for years. And, with the help of a lawyer who prefers life on a houseboat to the pretensions of the city, Hunter unravels Angelica's scheme. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Talking Stick \u003c\/i\u003eis a fast-paced dramedy set in the Bay Area, told with the characteristic humor of Donna Levin, an author whom \u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003ecalled \"A witty, modern voice\" and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003edeemed \"a novelist to keep high on your reading list.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonna Levin \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of four acclaimed novels, \u003ci\u003eExtraordinary Means\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThere's More Than One Way Home\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHe Could Be Another Bill Gates\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also written two books on the craft of writing: \u003ci\u003eGet That Novel Started\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGet That Novel Written\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work is included at Boston University, in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, and in the California State Library's collection of California novels. She lives in San Francisco.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50720274645266,"sku":"9781648210310","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f7dc16ab-1349-41d1-a37e-017d08c6af65.jpg?v=1734672282","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-talking-stick-9781648210310","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}