{"product_id":"dreadful-young-ladies-and-other-stories-9781616209247","title":"Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exquisite collection of haunting, magical stories from Newbery Medalist Kelly Barnhill\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Mrs. Sorensen's husband dies, she rekindles a long-dormant love with an unsuitable mate in \"Mrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch.\" In \"Open the Door and the Light Pours Through,\" a young man wrestles with grief and his sexuality in an exchange of letters with his faraway beloved. \"Dreadful Young Ladies\" demonstrates the strength and power--known and unknown--of the imagination. In \"Notes on the Untimely Death of Ronia Drake,\" a witch is haunted by the deadly repercussions of a spell. \"The Insect and the Astronomer\" upends expectations about good and bad, knowledge and ignorance, love and longing. The World Fantasy Award-winning novella \"The Unlicensed Magician\" introduces the secret magical life of an invisible girl once left for dead--with thematic echoes of Barnhill's Newbery Medal-winning novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Drank the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With bold, reality-bending invention underscored by richly illuminated universal themes of love, death, jealousy, and hope, the stories in \u003ci\u003eDreadful Young Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e show why its author has been hailed as \"a fantasist on the order of Neil Gaiman\" (\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e). This collection cements Barnhill's place as one of the wittiest, most vital and compelling voices in contemporary literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616209247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Kelly Barnhill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36662246834332,"sku":"9781616209247","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dd95b317-d132-43d5-9c9f-4fa59ba1f80d.jpg?v=1603901462","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dreadful-young-ladies-and-other-stories-9781616209247","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}