{"product_id":"as-if-she-had-a-say-stories-9780810146259","title":"As If She Had a Say: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new story collection from Jennifer Fliss, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Predatory Animal Ball\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Who has a right to tell us how to experience our grief? How to perform--or not perform--the roles society prescribes to us based on our various points of identity? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs If She Had a Say\u003c\/i\u003e, the second story collection from Jennifer Fliss, uses an absurdist lens to showcase characters--predominantly women--plumbing their resources as they navigate misogyny, abuse, and grief. In these stories, a woman melts in the face of her husband's cruelty; a seven-tablespoons-long woman lives inside a refrigerator and engages in an affair with the man of the house; a balloon-animal artist attends a funeral to discover he was invited as more than entertainment; and a man loses all his nouns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fans of Karen Russell and Carmen Maria Machado will appreciate how \u003ci\u003eAs If She Had a Say\u003c\/i\u003e's inventive narratives expose inequities by taking us on imaginative romps through domesticity and patriarchal expectations. Each story functions as a magnifying glass through which we might examine our own lives and see ourselves more clearly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Curbstone Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810146259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176","brand":"Jennifer Fliss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42875167506613,"sku":"9780810146259","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_90823035-58ce-47c9-b4d4-e60f85784d7b.jpg?v=1684813749","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/as-if-she-had-a-say-stories-9780810146259","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}