{"product_id":"if-you-love-it-let-it-kill-you-9781250910257","title":"If You Love It, Let It Kill You","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecommended Summer Reading according to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, Zibby Owens, and the \u003ci\u003eMinnesota Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A dishy work of autofiction that everyone will be talking about.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--The New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA refreshingly irreverent novel about art, desire, domesticity, freedom, and the intricacies of the twenty-first-century female experience, from the acclaimed writer Hannah Pittard \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA novelist learns that an unflattering version of herself will appear prominently--and soon--in her ex-husband's debut novel. For a week, her life continues largely unaffected by the news--she cooks, runs, teaches, entertains--but the morning after baking mac 'n' cheese from scratch for her nephew's sixth birthday, she wakes up changed. The contentment she's long enjoyed is gone. In its place: nothing. A remarkably ridiculous midlife crisis ensues, featuring a talking cat and a game called Dead Body. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteeped in the strangeness of contemporary life and suggestive of expansive metaphoric possibilities, \u003ci\u003eIf You Love It, Let It Kill You\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply nuanced and disturbingly funny examination of memory, ownership, and artistic expression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250910257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304","brand":"Hannah Pittard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537461145781,"sku":"9781250910257","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_dd1c9d20-978f-48bd-acce-ce72f71b2fd1.jpg?v=1779169655","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/if-you-love-it-let-it-kill-you-9781250910257","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}