{"product_id":"today-a-woman-went-mad-in-the-supermarket-book-hilma-wolitzer-9781635577624","title":"Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn NPR Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors'' Choice\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine \"Book of the Week\"\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e Holiday Pick\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e \"Fully Booked\" Editors Pick\u003cbr\u003e An \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e Best Short Story Collection of the Year\u003cbr\u003e Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The uncannily relevant, deliciously clear-eyed collected stories of a critically acclaimed, award-winning \"American literary treasure\" (\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), ripe for rediscovery--with a foreword by Elizabeth Strout.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From her many well-loved novels, Hilma Wolitzer--now ninety-one years old and at the top of her game--has gained a reputation as one of our best fiction writers, who \"raises ordinary people and everyday occurrences to a new height.\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) These collected short stories--most of them originally published in magazines including \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e, in the 1960s and 1970s, along with a new story that brings her early characters into the present--are evocative of an era that still resonates deeply today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the title story, a bystander tries to soothe a woman who seems to have cracked under the pressures of her life. And in several linked stories throughout, the relationship between the narrator and her husband unfolds in telling and often hilarious vignettes. Of their time and yet timeless, Wolitzer''s stories zero in on the domestic sphere with wit, candor, grace, and an acutely observant eye. Brilliantly capturing the tensions and contradictions of daily life, \u003ci\u003eToday a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket\u003c\/i\u003e is full of heart and insight, providing a lens into a world that was often unseen at the time, and often overlooked now--reintroducing a beloved writer to be embraced by a whole new generation of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e rly characters into the present--are evocative of an era that still resonates deeply today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the title story, a bystander tries to soothe a woman who seems to have cracked under the pressures of her life. And in several linked stories throughout, the relationship between the narrator and her husband unfolds in telling and often hilarious vignettes. Of their time and yet timeless, Wolitzer''s stories zero in on the domestic sphere with wit, candor, grace, and an acutely observant eye. Brilliantly capturing the tensions and contradictions of daily life, \u003ci\u003eToday a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket\u003c\/i\u003e is full of heart and insight, providing a lens into a world that was often unseen at the time, and often overlooked now--reintroducing a beloved writer to be embraced by a whole new generation of readers.rly characters into the present--are evocative of an era that still resonates deeply today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the title story, a bystander tries to soothe a woman who seems to have cracked under the pressures of her life. And in several linked stories throughout, the relationship between the narrator and her husband unfolds in telling and often hilarious vignettes. Of their time and yet timeless, Wolitzer''s stories zero in on the domestic sphere with wit, candor, grace, and an acutely observant eye. Brilliantly capturing the tensions and contradictions of daily life, \u003ci\u003eToday a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket\u003c\/i\u003e is full of heart and insight, providing a lens into a world that was often unseen at the time, and often overlooked now--reintroducing a beloved writer to be embraced by a whole new generation of readers.rly characters into the present--are evocative of an era that still resonates deeply today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the title story, a bystander tries to soothe a woman who seems to have cracked under the pressures of her life. And in several linked stories throughout, the relationship between the narrator and her husband unfolds in telling and often hilarious vignettes. Of their time and yet timeless, Wolitzer''s stories zero in on the domestic sphere with wit, candor, grace, and an acutely observant eye. Brilliantly capturing the tensions and contradictions of daily life, \u003ci\u003eToday a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket\u003c\/i\u003e is full of heart and insight, providing a lens into a world that was often unseen at the time, and often overlooked now--reintroducing a beloved writer to be embraced by a whole new generation of readers.of her life. And in several linked stories throughout, the relationship between the narrator and her husband unfolds in telling and often hilarious vignettes. Of their time and yet timeless, Wolitzer''s stories zero in on the domestic sphere with wit, candor, grace, and an acutely observant eye. 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