{"product_id":"good-women-halle-hill-9798885740173","title":"Good Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn her dynamic debut, Halle Hill's \u003cem\u003eGood Women\u003c\/em\u003e delves into the lives of twelve Black women across the Appalachian South. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2023 in Fiction - One of Oprah Daily's Best Books of the Year One of Electric Literature's Best Short Story Collections of 2023 - Featured in People Magazine's Best Books of Fall - One of the Boston Globe's 20 Books We're Excited to Read This Fall - One of Kirkus's 20 Best Books To Read in September - Poets \u0026amp; Writer's \"Page One\" New and Noteworthy \u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eOne of the Southwest Review's 10 Must Read Books of 2023 - Finalist for the 2024 Weatherford Award in Fiction - \u003cstrong\u003eForeword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A stunning slow burn brimming with observation, emotion, and incident.\" --\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A fantastic firecracker of a collection I'll return to again and again!\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Deesha Philyaw, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman boards a Greyhound bus barreling toward Florida to meet her sugar daddy's mother; a state fair employee considers revenge on a local preacher; a sister struggles with guilt as she helps her brother plan to run away with a man he's seeing in secret; a young woman who works for a scam for-profit college navigates the lies she sells for a living. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarkly funny and deeply human, \u003cem\u003eGood Women\u003c\/em\u003e observes how place, blood-ties, generational trauma, obsession, and boundaries--or lack thereof--influence how we navigate our small worlds, and how those worlds so often collide in ways we don't expect. Through intimate moments of personal choice, Hill carefully shines a light on how these twelve women shape and form themselves through faith and abandon, transgression and conformity, community, caution, and solitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith precision and empathy, Hill captures the mundane in moments of absurdity, and bears witness to both joy and heartbreak, reminding us how the next moment could be life-changing. Vibrant and exacting, Hill is a must-read new voice in literary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Halle Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8885740170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798885740173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hub City Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2023","brand":"Halle Hill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080243769599,"sku":"9798885740173","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f89b99f-55c1-4491-933b-a0d31793b355.jpg?v=1685485723","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/good-women-halle-hill-9798885740173","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}