{"product_id":"jessica-harmon-has-stepped-away","title":"Jessica Harmon Has Stepped Away","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e2025 Sarton Book Award finalist for Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJessica Harmon has spent her life in an emotional tug-of-war-yearning for her mother's attention while bracing for the rejection that always followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt thirty, Jessica's love life is a wreck, her confidence is shot, and she's adrift in New York City, stuck editing other people's novels at a vanity press while too paralyzed to write her own. She blames her failure to launch on the woman who raised her: Cynthia Harmon, a legendary poet and scholar, who dazzles her students and readers alike...but leaves her only child cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Cynthia wins yet another major literary award and asks her daughter to assist her on the book tour, Jessica decides to give their relationship one last chance. When a crisis upends Cynthia's triumphant moment, the power dynamic begins to shift between the two women, and cracks start to show in the story Jessica has always been told-about her mother, her family, and herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJessica Harmon Has Stepped Away\u003c\/em\u003e is a sharp, emotionally layered novel about mothers and daughters, long-held secrets, and understanding where we come from so we can choose who we become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1645386201\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781645386209\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Gentin, Reyna Marder\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Ten16 Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ten16 Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Nov 2025)","offer_id":46080949846213,"sku":"9781645386209","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781645386209.jpg?v=1776041907","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/jessica-harmon-has-stepped-away","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}