{"product_id":"this-is-not-chick-lit","title":"This Is Not Chick Lit","description":"\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChick lit: A genre of fiction that often recycles the following plot: Girl in big city desperately searches for Mr. Right in between dieting and shopping for shoes. Girl gets dumped (sometimes repeatedly). Girl finds Prince Charming.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis Is Not Chick Lit\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis a celebration of America’s most dynamic literary voices, as well as a much needed reminder that, for every stock protagonist with a designer handbag and three boyfriends, there is a woman writer pushing the envelope of literary fiction with imagination, humor, and depth.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe original short stories in this collection touch on some of the same themes as chick lit–the search for love and identity–but they do so with extraordinary power, creativity, and range; they are also political, provocative, and, at turns, utterly surprising. Featuring marquee names as well as burgeoning talents, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis Is Not Chick Lit\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewill nourish your heart, and your mind.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncluding these original stories:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The Thing Around Your Neck” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Two Days” by Aimee Bender\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“An Open Letter to Doctor X” by Francine Prose\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Gabe” by Holiday Reinhorn\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Documents of Passion Love” by Carolyn Ferrell\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Volunteers Are Shining Stars” by Curtis Sittenfeld\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Selling the General” by Jennifer Egan\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The Seventy-two-Ounce Steak Challenge” by Dika Lam\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Love Machine” by Samantha Hunt\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Ava Bean” by Jennifer S. Davis\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Embrace” by Roxana Robinson\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The Epiphany Branch” by Mary Gordon\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Joan, Jeanne, La Pucelle, Maid of Orléans” by Judy Budnitz\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Gabriella, My Heart” by Cristina Henríquez\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The Red Coat” by Caitlin Macy\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The Matthew Effect” by Binnie Kirshenbaum\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The Recipe” by Lynne Tillman\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Meaning of Ends” by Martha Witt\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePraise for\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis Is Not Chick Lit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis Is Not Chick Lit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is important not only for its content, but for its title. I’ll know we’re getting somewhere when equally talented male writers feel they have to separate themselves from the endless stream of fiction glorifying war, hunting and sports by naming an anthology This Is Not a Guy Thing.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Gloria Steinem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“These voices, diverse and almost eerily resonant, offer us a refreshing breath of womanhood-untamed, ungroomed, and unglossed.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElle\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Best of Used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44270328283393,"sku":"2UREE260X-Used","price":150.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/files\/a68b2259-14a1-41c2-8b83-a38f898afe7f.jpg?v=1696505318","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/this-is-not-chick-lit","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}