{"product_id":"9781628972566","title":"The Lives of Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter more than thirty years in New York City, Elaine Nichols returns home to Ireland to her invalid father and his geriatric Alsatian dog. As a pregnant teenager she was sent away to avoid scandal and possible legal consequences. Shuttling back and forth between two time zones—the 1970s and the present—and set in a Cheever-esque suburb of sadness and shame, \u003ci\u003eThe Lives of Women\u003c\/i\u003e deals with the savagery of respectability, betrayal, and the desperation that ensues when a sixteen-year-old girl gets pregnant and feels she has no one to help her, apart from her friends. Hickey ( \u003ci\u003eThe Cold Eye of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eLast Train from Liguria\u003c\/i\u003e ) shows herself to be a storyteller of rare ability and a stylist of clarifying beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031892115696,"sku":"9781628972566","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781628972566_p0.jpg?v=1763869703","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781628972566","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}