{"product_id":"2940045053471","title":"Skirts","description":"\u003cp\u003eSkirts is a novel about three highly intelligent young women in\u003cbr\u003eNew York City, coming of age in the early 1960s, when the drug culture\u003cbr\u003eis just taking hold. Each has escaped the mores and habits of her parental\u003cbr\u003ehome, either by \"running away\" and setting up house in some arty tenement,\u003cbr\u003eor just by participating in an alternative lifestyle while she lives with an\u003cbr\u003eunaware parent in a palatial New York apartment. Each of the three\u003cbr\u003eultimately goes in a different direction: one discovers that what she\u003cbr\u003ereally wants is a fulfilling and prosperous marriage like her\u003cbr\u003emother's ought to have been -- but the other two find themselves\u003cbr\u003eseeking fulfillment either through art or professional success,\u003cbr\u003eswimming against the tide of the society in which they live.\u003cbr\u003eIn a way, Skirts is a kind of \"Sex And the City\" for the early 60s\u003cbr\u003e-- the three young women haven't yet \"found\" themselves, but\u003cbr\u003ethrough the action of the novel, it would seem as if they're\u003cbr\u003eon their way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mimi Albert","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47110077022448,"sku":"2940045053471","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045053471_p0.jpg?v=1763682408","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045053471","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}