Other Women Paperback by Nicola Maye Goldberg

Product Details

• Publisher: Verso Fiction (2026-04-28)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 224 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781836741657
• Item Weight: 192.78 grams
• Dimensions: 19.76 x 12.88 x 1.55 cm

A slyly subversive bildungsroman about misplaced love, by the author of the lauded novel Nothing Can Hurt You

After dropping out of college, a young woman wanders through New York both invisible and vulnerable, studying the city’s strong magic and longing for a man she knows will never love her back. Salvation appears to arrive when Charlotte Herzfeld, the young wife of a successful businessman, hires her as a live-in nanny to accompany the family on a trip to Berlin. As the Herzfelds begin to crack under the weight of their secrets, she finds herself in a more precarious position than ever before.

Reflective yet propulsive, and told in a voice both ingenuous and insightful, Other Women is a timeless and all-too-relatable tale of unwise decisions and unfortunate fixations.

This volume includes three new short stories and an introduction from Megan Nolan.

About the Author

NICOLA MAYE GOLDBERG is the author of the novel Nothing Can Hurt You. Her work has appeared in Vogue, New York Tyrant, and Joyland. She lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University.