{"product_id":"the-lives-of-women-christine-dwyer-hickey-9781628972566","title":"The Lives of Women","description":"\u003cb\u003eAfter more than thirty years in New York City, Elaine Nichols returns home to Ireland to her invalid father and his geriatric Alsatian dog.\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine Dwyer Hickey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628972564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628972566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d","brand":"Christine Dwyer Hickey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939405234431,"sku":"9781628972566","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_21149efa-c567-438b-8c88-10e6a13aff96.jpg?v=1681441299","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lives-of-women-christine-dwyer-hickey-9781628972566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}