{"product_id":"the-company-she-keeps-mary-mccarthy","title":"The Company She Keeps * Mary McCarthy","description":"\u003cp\u003eTold across six interlinked episodes, this sharp, semi-autobiographical debut novel follows a witty young intellectual navigating love, divorce, radical politics, and self-discovery in 1930s New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Story. Written by acclaimed American novelist, critic, and political activist Mary McCarthy captures the vibrant, tumultuous literary circles of pre-war Manhattan. Centered on Margaret Sargent, a spirited Vassar graduate searching for honesty and personal identity, the book unfolds through six vivid, non-linear portraits, including an extramarital affair, a job at a shady art gallery, an unexpected train encounter with a married businessman, a tense dinner party, and a candid session with a psychoanalyst. Written with McCarthy's signature wit and unflinching candor, the novel offers an intimate, perceptive look at a young woman testing her independence against social expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect For. Classic literature readers, book clubs, and fans of sharp, character-driven 20th-century social satire alongside Mary McCarthy's The Group, Dawn Powell's Turn, Magic Wheel, Dorothy Parker's stories, or Joan Didion's Play It As It Lays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published 1942; this edition \u003cspan\u003e1981 by Avon Books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFiction \/ Classics \/ 20th-Century American Literature \/ Literary Satire \u0026amp; Social Critique \/ Interlinked Stories \u0026amp; Episodic Novels \/ New York Intellectual \u0026amp; Bohemian Fiction \/ Feminist Classics\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"April Grossinger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67832019681523,"sku":"202610170021ABB","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/5722\/7507\/files\/1000021006.jpg?v=1794366116","url":"https:\/\/purpleslothmedia.com\/products\/the-company-she-keeps-mary-mccarthy","provider":"Purple Sloth Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}