{"title":"Alice Martin","description":"ALICE MARTIN is a fiction writer from North Carolina. She holds a PhD in English Literature and teaches writing at Rutgers University. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, her cat, and too many typewriters. Westward Women is her debut novel.","products":[{"product_id":"westward-women-hardcover","title":"Westward Women - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor fans of Emma Cline and Emily St. John Mandel, \u003c\/i\u003eWestward Women\u003ci\u003e is a hypnotic and hopeful debut--part fever dream, part dystopian road trip that claws its way towards a jaw-dropping finale.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An audacious first novel to set beside Margaret Atwood\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\" - Joyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt starts with an itch.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn homes across the country, women ages eighteen to thirty-five begin to slow down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTired. Blank. Restless.\u003c\/i\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\u003eAt the center of the story are three young women caught in the pull of something unstoppable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAimee follows the trail of her missing best friend to a man called the Piper--known for leading infected women West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTeenie, afflicted and unraveling, clings to a single memory as she looks out the window of the Piper's van. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd Eve, a former journalist, is chasing the story that might just consume her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEach on the edge of transformation. Drawn toward the unknown. In search of a way forward.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101843198175,"sku":"9781250375308","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/66sekxrROl9781250375308.webp?v=1781075745"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/alice-martin.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}