{"product_id":"9781504038362","title":"Hot Flashes","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller: This “landmark women’s novel” about female friendship and women’s lib is “something akin to Mary McCarthy’s \u003ci\u003eThe Group\u003c\/i\u003e” (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Diana Sargeant is a menopausal anthropology professor whose hot flashes often produce insights into life, love, and what it means to be a woman. Diana belongs to a generation of A-list females: well-educated jet-setters who overcame their fear of flying in the fifties, became leftist protestors in the sixties, and were glamorous seductresses on birth control in the seventies. But in the eighties, they’re middle-aged matrons who are afraid of their own mortality and must come to terms with the fact that even though they obtained everything they desired, they’re still unfulfilled.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e When Diana’s close friend Sukie Amram suffers a fatal brain hemorrhage, the professor rushes to Washington, DC, to mourn and commemorate the woman she so loved. There, she reunites with her lifelong pals: flashy magazine writer Joanne Ireland and divorced English teacher Elaine Cantor. The three soon discover Sukie’s journal, which details her battle with despair after her husband abandoned her for a younger lover. As they read through the details of Sukie’s postdivorce anguish, the friends revisit difficult moments in their own pasts and discover themselves anew.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Called “a feminist version of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Chill\u003c\/i\u003e” by the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHot Flashes\u003c\/i\u003e is an irreverent, witty, and emotionally engaging novel about four intelligent, trailblazing women that provides a compelling, honest look at female fears and desire during the late twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127171563760,"sku":"9781504038362","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504038362_p0.jpg?v=1763710553","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504038362","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}