{"product_id":"bye-bye-blondie","title":"Bye Bye Blondie","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBye Bye Blondie\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eVirginie Despentes\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781558619272\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Feminist Press at CUNY\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2016\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a wrecked modern version of a romance novel, acclaimed French writer Virginie Despentes pokes at the simultaneous ecstasy and banality of love in an age of psychiatry and punk.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGloria lives in seething rage, lashing out at everyone--particularly, a string of bewildered boyfriends--at the local bar. But when her latest explosion leaves her out on the street, she unexpectedly runs into famed television personality Eric Muir. Incidentally, he's also her teenage boyfriend, and the one who started it all.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnce upon a time, Gloria and Eric met while institutionalized, and then became a mascot couple for those homeless and high on a noisy mix of drugs, music, and counterculture. Now, twenty years later, Gloria is enamored by youthful love resurrected and determined to immortalize their story by writing a screenplay. Whisked away to Paris, she's transformed from a provincial loose cannon into an urbane party guest. But navigating life and love isn't any easier for the middle-aged.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCutting deep to unearth the marriage of institutional violence and heterosexual relationships, \u003cem\u003eBye Bye Blondie\u003c\/em\u003e illustrates how young women are continuously dragged down and neglected, and then dangled false offers of fame in lieu of real, redemptive recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The Feminist Press at CUNY","offers":[{"title":"Bye Bye Blondie | Virginie Despentes | Paperback | 9781558619272 | New | Fiction 1286583","offer_id":50550619832578,"sku":"1286583","price":30.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/91ScXtKbljL.jpg?v=1790470323","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/bye-bye-blondie","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}