{"product_id":"and-i-do-not-forgive-you-stories-and-other-revenges-9781631496202","title":"And I Do Not Forgive You: Stories and Other Revenges","description":"\u003cp\u003eBoldly blending fables and myths with apocalyptic technologies, Amber Sparks holds a singular role in the canon of the weird. Having garnered acclaim for her shimmering collection \u003ci\u003eThe Unfinished World\u003c\/i\u003e, she reaches uncanny heights with \u003ci\u003eAnd I Do Not Forgive You\u003c\/i\u003e. In prose that beats with urgency, these contemporary stories read like the best of fairytales--which are, as Sparks writes, just a warning disguised as a wish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Mildly Happy, With Moments of Joy,\" a friend is ghosted by a simple text message; in \"Everyone's a Winner at Meadow Park,\" a teen precariously coming of age in a trailer park befriends an actual ghost. Indeed, the depths of friendship are examined under the most trying circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumorous and unapologetically fierce, other stories shine an interrogating light on the adage that \"history likes to lie about women\"? as the subjects of \"You Won't Believe What Really Happened to the Sabine Women\" (it's true, you won't) will attest. Sparks employs her vast knowledge of the morbid and macabre in \"The Eyes of Saint Lucy,\" in which a young girl creates elaborately violent dioramas of famous saints with her mother. And in \"A Short and Speculative History of Lavoisier's Wife,\" the great efforts of French chemist Lavoisier's widow to ensure his legacy are chillingly revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaken together, this hypnotic and otherworldly collection seeks to reclaim the lives of the silenced. And what is history, Sparks asks, but the chance to dig up our skeletons and give them new stories? Humorous and unapologetically fierce, \u003ci\u003eAnd I Do Not Forgive You\u003c\/i\u003e offers a mosaic of an all-too-real world that too often fails to listen to its goddesses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631496202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amber Sparks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663333552284,"sku":"9781631496202","price":20.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_aa69bfe1-48aa-4087-a7ea-397517743016.jpg?v=1603904062","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/and-i-do-not-forgive-you-stories-and-other-revenges-9781631496202","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}