{"product_id":"girlfriending-a-novel","title":"Girlfriending: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A novel that is so charming and warm and smart and about friendship and love and middle-age and I want to give it to all my middle-aged friends going through divorces and life reckonings.” —Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Prep and Romantic Comedy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a brief, head-spinning affair leaves her heartbroken, a divorced, perimenopausal mother sets out to date ten women in exploration of what she calls her lesbian adolescence, a quest she takes on with the ride-or-die support of her best friend and the small but mighty community she gathers along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the award-winning author of Stiltsville and Sea Creatures, two beloved novels about the slippery terrain of love and marriage, and inspired by her award-winning short story, “The Goddess of Illicit Choices,” comes a lively and taut exploration of friendship, courtship, community, and all the shades in between. At its heart, Girlfriending asks: How do we remake our lives midstream, and how do we know when we've arrived?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Third Rail Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44957647405103,"sku":"9798991212342","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/8122\/0143\/files\/9798991212342.jpg?v=1771015864","url":"https:\/\/highfivebooks.org\/products\/girlfriending-a-novel","provider":"High Five Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}