{"product_id":"0812996933","title":"The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eA Gorgeous, Darkly Humorous Memoir For Readers Of Cheryl Strayed About A Woman Overcoming Dramatic Loss And Finding Reinvention, As Well As A Portrait Of A Generation Used To Assuming They're Entitled To Everything--based On This Award-winning Writer's New Yorker Article 'thanksgiving In Mongolia'-- In 2012, At Age 38, When She Left On A Reporting Trip To Mongolia, Ariel Levy Thought She Had Figured It Out: She Was Married, Pregnant, Successful On Her Own Terms, Financially Secure. A Month Later, None Of That Was True. 'people Have Been Telling Me Since I Was A Little Girl That I Was Too Fervent, Too Forceful, Too Much. I Thought I Had Harnessed The Power Of My Own Strength And Greed And Love To A Life That Could Contain It. But It Has Exploded.' In Gorgeous, Moving, Humorous, Sharp, And Unforgettable Prose, With Pointillist Portraits Of A Girl And Then A Young Woman Coming Of Age, Levy Describes Her Own Ill-fated Assumptions: Thinking That Anything Is Possible, That The Old Rules Do Not Apply; That Marriage Doesn't Have To Mean Monogamy; That Gender And Sexuality Are Fluid; That Aging Doesn't Have To Mean Infertility. This Is A Searing Story, Written With Humor, Brilliance, And Insight, That Is At Once Personal And Universal--a Story About Realizing That Life Is So Often Beyond Our Control, And How We Forge Ahead Despite That. In Telling Her Own Story, Levy Has Captured A Portrait Of Our Time, Of The Shifting Forces In Values, Women And Gender In American Culture, Of What Has Changed And What Has Remained-- Ariel Levy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Social Sciences\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eWomen's Studies\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial Sciences\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eLGBTQ+ Demographic Studies\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies \u0026amp; Memoirs\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBook details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Levy, Ariel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Random House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780812996937\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":49279973064894,"sku":"0812996933-4","price":6.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/719ONSC6zrL.jpg?v=1791949908","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0812996933","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}