{"product_id":"9781427280169","title":"The Next","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Library Journal's \"Best Books of 2016\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Best 35 Over 35 Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlogcritics Best Fiction of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs there a right way to die? If so, Joanna DeAngelis has it all wrong. She’s consumed by betrayal, spending her numbered days obsessing over Ned McGowan, her much younger ex, and watching him thrive in the spotlight with someone new, while she wastes away. She’s every woman scorned, fantasizing about revenge … except she’s out of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoanna falls from her life, from the love of her daughters and devoted dog, into an otherworldly landscape, a bleak infinity she can’t escape until she rises up and returns and sets it right—makes Ned pay—so she can truly move on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the other side into right this minute, Jo embarks on a sexy, spiritual odyssey. As she travels beyond memory, beyond desire, she is transformed into a fierce female force of life, determined to know how to die, happily ever after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025933844720,"sku":"9781427280169","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781427280169_p0.jpg?v=1763746584","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781427280169","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}