{"product_id":"the-awakening-and-other-stories","title":"The Awakening and Other Stories","description":"To all outside appearances, Edna Pontellier is a respectable married woman living in New Orleans with her fond, indulgent husband and her two young sons. Beneath Edna's smooth, graceful face, however, lurks a woman of passion, a woman who will not--or simply cannot--efface herself in the role that her husband expects of her: an angelic being who reveres him, dotes on their children, and obediently erases her individuality in service to the family's happiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But one lazy summer vacation and an apparently harmless infatuation will push Edna beyond this quiet, settled life, placing her directly at odds with society's expectations of what a woman should be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This volume features additional short stories, including works that wrestled with such topics as racial passing, in \"Désirée's Baby,\" infidelity, in \"A Respectable Woman,\" and queer attraction, in \"Fedora.\"","brand":"Union Square \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43637761441859,"sku":"9781454953098","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/3591\/2771\/files\/imageloader_1281bb88-d6d0-4cac-af90-f46566be303f.jpg?v=1786057327","url":"https:\/\/www.hofbooks.com\/products\/the-awakening-and-other-stories","provider":"Hearts on Fire Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}