The Third Way: A Novel

by Aimee Hoben

Overview

When mega-corporation Unibank threatens to foreclose on her grandmother's South Dakota farm, Arden Firth fights back with a revolutionary idea. Enlisting the help of an enigmatic law student, Justin Kirish, Arden builds a campaign to abolish corporations in the state. To win, she must overcome her fear of public speaking and learn to lead while juggling her growing feelings for Kirish. When secrets from the past and dark corporate forces threaten to destroy their movement, however, the success of the ballot campaign suddenly hangs in the balance.
A novel charting the intersection between idealism, extremism, and forgiveness, The Third Way—awarded the Independent Publishers Book Award 2023 IPPY Gold Medal for Popular Fiction—is perfect for fans of Barbara Kingsolver and Margaret Atwood.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781647420963
Publisher:	She Writes Press
Publication date:	07/30/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	312
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Aimee Hoben is a lawyer and writer who lives in the woods of Connecticut with her rock-and-roll husband, two moody teenagers, and two bad dogs. She has worked as a land conservation lawyer and a town attorney, as well as in-house counsel at the historic fire insurance company (and Fortune 500 corporation) where Wallace Stevens wrote poems as he walked to work. Her debut novel, The Third Way, was awarded the 2023 IPPY Gold Medal for Popular Fiction and featured in Connecticut Magazine as a recommended read. Aimee's commentary on political system reform has been featured in the Connecticut Post, the Stamford Advocate, and other publications, in partnership with the election reform organization Represent.Us. She studied English literature at the University of Colorado, and law at the University of Connecticut. She divides her time between northwest Connecticut and Waitsfield, Vermont.

Editorial Reviews

2023 IPPY Awards Gold Medalist Winner in Popular Fiction

“This is a book that will appeal to any and all who wish that they were heard among the din of the two-party noise machine. A wonderfully written book that may prove prescient.”
—Seattle Book Review, 5-star review

“A playbook for how to seed a revolution, The Third Way is thought-provoking, illuminating, and inspiring. It captivated me from page one and left me thinking meaningful social change is possible. Arden is my favorite kind of protagonist: passionate, determined, and brave enough to take on the ‘C’ word (yes, capitalism).”
—Carrie Firestone, author of The Unlikelies and Dress Coded and community organizer of ForwardCT

“In this impressive first novel, Aimee Hoben provides a clear-eyed, propulsive, and morally complex look at the systems that vie to hold our country a corporate hostage. The Third Way’s Arden Firth is as winning and knowable a character as I’ve encountered in some time. This is such a bold debut.”
—Daniel Torday, author of Boomer1 and The Last Flight of Poxl West

“An intriguing thought experiment. The role of large corporations in our society, and the question of who decides about that role, has never been more important.”
—Jeff Clements, president of American Promise and author of Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy From Big Money & Global Corporations

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