University of Wisconsin Press, 2019 eISBN: 978-0-299-31468-2 | Cloth: 978-0-299-31460-6 | Paper: 978-0-299-31464-4 Library of Congress Classification PS3608.O47738O34 2017 Dewey Decimal Classification 813.6
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
When Nora Griffin, an artist in her midthirties, moves from Brooklyn to Provincetown, she isn’t looking for trouble. Her partner, Janelle, is recovering from breast cancer treatment, and together they’ve decided that the quiet off-season on the tip of Cape Cod is the perfect place for Janelle to heal and Nora to paint. Then charismatic Baby Harris flirts into Nora’s life in her red cowboy boots. In the damp, windy winter, Nora contends with heartbreak, aging, and local environmental worries, while painting what she hopes will be her masterpiece. As the first tourists begin to arrive in June, Nora must decide what she really wants from life.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Amy Hoffman is the author of the memoirs Lies about My Family, An Army of Ex-Lovers, and Hospital Time. Formerly the editor in chief of the Women’s Review of Books, she currently teaches writing at Emerson College and in the Solstice Low-Residency MFA Program at Pine Manor College.
REVIEWS
“An enjoyable, breezy read that celebrates the uniqueness of Provincetown and its close-knit community.”—Library Journal
“The Off Season reads like a journal, with short sharp chapters told with resolute frankness and admirable humility. Nora’s story is a reminder that there is extraordinary in the ordinary, and that no experience is a failure if you learn from it.”—EDGE
“With the publication of The Off Season, author Amy Hoffman demonstrates her genuine flair as a novelist for originality, deftly crafted characters, and an inherently compelling, narrative driven, unfailingly entertaining storytelling.”—Reviewer’s Bookwatch
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Vortex
The Gravitron Starship
The Good Healer
Trouble
Superpowers
Pink Towel
My Heart
Asparagus
The Universe Comes to a Halt but Quickly Starts Up Again
Miss Ruby
Bitches
The Green Teddy
The White Pickup Truck
Pulling Espresso
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Philosophy
Public Education
Vegan Pizza
My Studio
Wheat Paste
Tagging
Stop & Shop
The Mural
Miss Ruby Sits
Dyke Drama
Jellyfish
Dreams R2B Realized
The Shopping Cart Protest
Roger Gets Over It
Wet Suits
The Ballad of Tony and Ruby
Signatures
Where Baby Comes From
False Pretenses
The Special Town Meeting
All Other Boxes
Margot and Marcus
Triangles and Squares
The Call
The Swim
Eyes Open
A Little Rouge
Open Studio
L’Heure Bleue
Janelle
Present Tense
Afterword
Acknowledgments
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University of Wisconsin Press, 2019 eISBN: 978-0-299-31468-2 Cloth: 978-0-299-31460-6 Paper: 978-0-299-31464-4
When Nora Griffin, an artist in her midthirties, moves from Brooklyn to Provincetown, she isn’t looking for trouble. Her partner, Janelle, is recovering from breast cancer treatment, and together they’ve decided that the quiet off-season on the tip of Cape Cod is the perfect place for Janelle to heal and Nora to paint. Then charismatic Baby Harris flirts into Nora’s life in her red cowboy boots. In the damp, windy winter, Nora contends with heartbreak, aging, and local environmental worries, while painting what she hopes will be her masterpiece. As the first tourists begin to arrive in June, Nora must decide what she really wants from life.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Amy Hoffman is the author of the memoirs Lies about My Family, An Army of Ex-Lovers, and Hospital Time. Formerly the editor in chief of the Women’s Review of Books, she currently teaches writing at Emerson College and in the Solstice Low-Residency MFA Program at Pine Manor College.
REVIEWS
“An enjoyable, breezy read that celebrates the uniqueness of Provincetown and its close-knit community.”—Library Journal
“The Off Season reads like a journal, with short sharp chapters told with resolute frankness and admirable humility. Nora’s story is a reminder that there is extraordinary in the ordinary, and that no experience is a failure if you learn from it.”—EDGE
“With the publication of The Off Season, author Amy Hoffman demonstrates her genuine flair as a novelist for originality, deftly crafted characters, and an inherently compelling, narrative driven, unfailingly entertaining storytelling.”—Reviewer’s Bookwatch
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Vortex
The Gravitron Starship
The Good Healer
Trouble
Superpowers
Pink Towel
My Heart
Asparagus
The Universe Comes to a Halt but Quickly Starts Up Again
Miss Ruby
Bitches
The Green Teddy
The White Pickup Truck
Pulling Espresso
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Philosophy
Public Education
Vegan Pizza
My Studio
Wheat Paste
Tagging
Stop & Shop
The Mural
Miss Ruby Sits
Dyke Drama
Jellyfish
Dreams R2B Realized
The Shopping Cart Protest
Roger Gets Over It
Wet Suits
The Ballad of Tony and Ruby
Signatures
Where Baby Comes From
False Pretenses
The Special Town Meeting
All Other Boxes
Margot and Marcus
Triangles and Squares
The Call
The Swim
Eyes Open
A Little Rouge
Open Studio
L’Heure Bleue
Janelle
Present Tense
Afterword
Acknowledgments
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