{"product_id":"the-shame-paperback","title":"The Shame - 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\u003eMakenna Goodman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \"startlingly original\" novel of \"recursive loops through the mind of a woman who is breaking down from not making the art she absolutely must make\" (Alexander Chee, \u003cem\u003eParis Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlma and her family live close to the land, raising chickens and sheep. While her husband works at a nearby college, she stays home with their young children, cleans, searches for secondhand goods online, and reads books by the women writers she adores. Then, one night, she abruptly leaves it all behind--speeding through the darkness, away from their Vermont homestead, bound for New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a series of flashbacks, Alma reveals the circumstances and choices that led to this moment: the joys and claustrophobia of their remote life; her fears and uncertainties about motherhood; the painfully awkward faculty dinners; her feelings of loneliness and failure; and her growing fascination with Celeste, a mysterious ceramicist and self-loving doppelgänger who becomes an obsession for Alma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fable both blistering and surreal, \u003cem\u003eThe Shame\u003c\/em\u003e is a propulsive, funny, and thought-provoking debut about a woman in isolation, whose mind--fueled by capitalism, motherhood, and the search for meaningful art--attempts to betray her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHonors for \u003cem\u003eThe Shame\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Refinery29 Best New Book of Fall 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Literary Hub Recommended Read for August 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Bustle Most Anticipated Book of August 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \u003cem\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/em\u003e Favorite Book of 2020, Selected by Miciah Bay Gault\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWhite Review\u003c\/em\u003e Recommended Read of 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \u003cem\u003eMpls.St.Paul Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e Reading Recommendation for Fall 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMakenna Goodman is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shame\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a \u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e Favorite Book of 2020, a \u003ci\u003eWhite Review\u003c\/i\u003e Recommended Read, a \u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e Best New Book, a \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e Recommended Read, a \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Book, a Boston.com Book Club Pick, and more. Interviews, words, and work have been featured in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAdroit Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCommonplace Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e, and are forthcoming in the \u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWhite Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. Based in Vermont, Goodman is a former editor of books on agriculture and food who writes about, among other things, the intersection of land stewardship and capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47249753702649,"sku":"9781571311368","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OGhlOHJYS0J4VGdsV2dJaVRBa2padz09.webp?v=1768649388","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-shame-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}