{"product_id":"9781558615403","title":"The Queen Is in the Garbage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Deft, defiant . . . accurate.” — \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShifting seamlessly between past and present, consciousness and dreams, Lila Karp explores the conflicted psyche of thirty-two-year-old Harriet Battenberg as she inventories her life during a fourteen-hour labor. Wrenching flashbacks recall embittering conflicts with her mother, unfulfilling relationships with men, a miscarriage, and an abortion. Harriet’s struggle above all is to understand how her perception of womanhood has brought her to this moment of personal crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLila Karp halts time in the midst of exploring the psychological and sexual entanglements of a woman’s experience. Her wit and distinct literary style make hers a unique voice among writers from the 1960s U.S. feminist movement, a voice that still resounds today for everyone fighting to find themselves and write their own histories and futures. \u003ci\u003eThe Queen is in the Garbage\u003c\/i\u003e is a shocking and absorbing story that uses a feminist perspective to deconstruct fundamental questions of womanhood, autonomy, and the very essence of human existence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press at CUNY, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053929742576,"sku":"9781558615403","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781558615403_p0.jpg?v=1763755470","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781558615403","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}