{"product_id":"westward-women","title":"Westward Women","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349019321\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwood's provocative first novel \u003ci\u003eThe Edible Woman\u003c\/i\u003e' JOYCE CAROL OATES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Intimate, nostalgic, and downright terrifying' OLIVIA GATWOOD\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'An all-American fever dream' LEE CLAY JOHNSON\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e_____________________________________________________________________________\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt starts with an itch.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1970s America, in homes across the country, women ages eighteen to thirty-five begin to slow down.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTired. Blank. Restless.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawn to the Pacific Ocean like it's calling them home, they abandon their lives -- jobs, families, their very selves. And once they reach the West, they vanish forever.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the center of the story are three young women caught in the pull of something unstoppable.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAimee\u003c\/b\u003e follows the trail of her missing best friend to a man called the Piper -- known for leading infected women West.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeenie\u003c\/b\u003e, afflicted and unraveling, clings to a single memory as she looks out the window of the Piper's van.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd \u003cb\u003eEve\u003c\/b\u003e, a former journalist, is chasing the story that might just consume her . . .\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e_____________________________________________________________________________\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A speculative feminist road trip thriller unlike any other' GINA CHUNG\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Taut and shocking' ANNA NORTH\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859531899013,"sku":"PR432737","price":51.8,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTG53N9H2Z2Q.jpg?v=1789100563","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/westward-women","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}