{"product_id":"kate-mcquade-tell-me-who-we-were-9780062869807","title":"Tell Me Who We Were","description":"A dazzling collection of linked short stories about\n\u003cbr\u003e\nwomanhood, motherhood, marriage and transformation, in the vein of such\n\u003cbr\u003e\ncontemporary powerhouses as Carmen Maria Machado, Kelly Link and Samantha Hunt  \"These are stories of magical lyricism, contemporary\n\u003cbr\u003e\nin their exploration of the obsessions of girls and young women, mythic in\n\u003cbr\u003e\ntheir scope and mystery.... Remarkable. The work of an exceptional writer.\"  -Joyce\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCarol Oates It begins with a drowning.  One day, Mr.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nArcilla, the romance-language teacher at Briarfield, an all-girls boarding\n\u003cbr\u003e\nschool, is found dead at the bottom of Reed Pond. Young and handsome, the\n\u003cbr\u003e\nobject of much fantasy and fascination, he was adored by his students. For\n\u003cbr\u003e\nLilith and Romy, Evie and Claire, and Nellie and Grace, he was their first\n\u003cbr\u003e\nlove, and their first true loss. In this\n\u003cbr\u003e\nextraordinary collection, Kate McQuade explores the ripple effect of one\n\u003cbr\u003e\ntransformative moment on six lives, witnessed at a different point in each\n\u003cbr\u003e\ngirl's future. Throughout these stories, these bright, imaginative, and\n\u003cbr\u003e\nambitious girls mature into women, lose touch and call in favors, achieve\n\u003cbr\u003e\nsuccess and endure betrayal, marry and divorce, have children and struggle with\n\u003cbr\u003e\ninfertility, abandon husbands and remain loyal to the end.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nLyrical, intimate, and\n\u003cbr\u003e\nincisive, Tell Me Who We Were explores the inner worlds of\n\u003cbr\u003e\ngirls and women, the relationships we cherish and betray, and the\n\u003cbr\u003e\ntransformations we undergo in the simple act of living.","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53626232963414,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780062869807_1_9d477aec-357f-4e77-9d5c-30992615e067.jpg?v=1778659490","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/kate-mcquade-tell-me-who-we-were-9780062869807","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}