Soon To Be A Series On Starz Starring Shailene Woodley * Betty Gilpin * DeWANDA Wise * Gabrielle Creevy * with Blair Underwood Staggeringly intimate. . . Groundbreaking. -Entertainment Weekly A breathtaking and important book. -Cheryl Strayed Extraordinary. . . A nonfiction literary masterpiece. -Elizabeth Gilbert #1 New York Times Bestseller and a Best Book of the Year by- The Washington Post * Npr * The Atlantic * New York Public Library * Vanity Fair * Pbs * Time * Economist * Entertainment Weekly * Financial Times * Shelf Awareness * Guardian * Sunday Times * Bbc * Esquire * Good Housekeeping * Elle * Real Simple * And more A riveting true story about the sex lives of three real American women who are carnal, brave, and beautifully flawed (People, Book of the Week), based on nearly a decade of reporting. Lina, a young mother in suburban Indiana whose marriage has lost its passion, reconnects with an old flame through social media and embarks on an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming. Maggie, a seventeen-year-old high school student in North Dakota, allegedly engages in a relationship with her married English teacher, the ensuing criminal trial turns their quiet community upside down.