{"product_id":"pretend-its-my-body","title":"Pretend Its My Body","description":"\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Kirkus Best Book of 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for The Story Prize (2022)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eInformed by the author’s experience in and between genders, this debut story collection blurs fantasy and reality, excavating new meanings from our varied dysphorias. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMisfit mothers, prodigal \"undaughters,\" con artists, and middle-aged runaways populate these ten short stories that blur the lives we wish for with the ones we actually lead.\u003cspan\u003e A tornado survivor grapples with a new identity, a trans teen psychic can read only indecisive minds, and a woman informs her family of her plans to upload her consciousness and abandon her body. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLuke Dani Blue invites the reader into a world of outlier lives made central and magical thinking made real. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSurreal, darkly humorous, and always deeply felt, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003ePretend It’s My Body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is bound together by the act of searching—for a spark of recognition and a story of one''s own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312864534910,"sku":"NW9781952177033","price":12.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781952177033.jpg?v=1778589954","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/pretend-its-my-body","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}