{"product_id":"braided-lives-paperback","title":"Braided Lives - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarge Piercy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarge Piercy carries her portrait of the American experience back into the Fifties--that closed, repressive time in which forces for the upheavals of the Sixties ticked away underground. Spanning twenty years, and teeming with vivid characters, \u003cem\u003eBraided Lives\u003c\/em\u003e tells the powerful, unsentimental story of two young women coming of age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJill, fiercely independent, dark, Jewish, an intellectual with Detroit street smarts, is a poet, curious, avid of life--a \"professional student\" and sometime thief. Donna, Jill's cousin and closest friend, is blond, pretty, and alluring. Together, they grow and change at college in Ann Arbor, where the life of poets and painters contrasts sharply with the working-class neighborhood where Jill's family lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Michigan, and afterward in New York City, the two women taste love and betrayal, friendship and pain, independence and fear as they reach a deepening understanding that to control their lives they must fight. And though their fates differ as widely as their personalities, both reflect the danger that sex posed at a time when abortions were illegal and an affair could destroy a woman's life, making the outcome of a chance encounter or a night of love a matter of life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBraided Lives\u003c\/em\u003e is an enduring portrait of the past that has led to our tenuous present. In her new introduction to this edition, Marge Piercy reflects on both the most autobiographical of her novels, and the ongoing battles to ensure the hard-fought victories of the Sixties and Seventies, particularly around sex and reproductive rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarge Piercy\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of 17 novels, including \u003ci\u003eDance the Eagle to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGone to Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVida\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWoman on the Edge of Time\u003c\/i\u003e; numerous volumes of poetry; and a critically acclaimed memoir, \u003ci\u003eSleeping with Cats\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of four honorary doctorates and has been a key player in many of the major progressive political battles of our time. She lives in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247493333241,"sku":"9781604864427","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bVdrSUppZUNQY0VEMjd1QW1WMWVYQT09.webp?v=1768626550","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/braided-lives-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}