{"product_id":"freak-weather-stories-9781625349521","title":"Freak Weather: stories","description":"From a nurse who sees a rattlesnake in the pediatric ICU to an animal control officer convinced she's found her abducted daughter in the house of a dog hoarder, the thirteen stories in \u003ci\u003eFreak Weather\u003c\/i\u003e are as unpredictable as the atmospheric changes that give this collection its name. With dark and raucous humor, Mary Kuryla creates female characters who, at times, combine a violent urgency with lack of introspection as they struggle to get out from under the thumb of a perceived authority. The intricate language is inseparable from the narrator's conviction; the characters lie with such bravado they're soon tangled up in their own webs. This brand of romanticism in a female character is little tolerated, and \u003ci\u003eFreak Weather\u003c\/i\u003e's mission--Kuryla's artistic mission overall--is to scratch at the intolerable. Call it bad instructions for moral behavior.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Massachusetts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625349521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d","brand":"Mary Kuryla","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51911684423861,"sku":"9781625349521","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_728759e9-9fb8-4f28-897b-f71f46b4e728.jpg?v=1761057285","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/freak-weather-stories-9781625349521","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}