{"product_id":"little-scratch-9781984899217","title":"Little Scratch","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dazzlingly original, shot-in-the-arm of a debut that reveals a young woman's every thought over the course of one deceptively ordinary day, in the formally innovative tradition of \u003ci\u003eGrief Is the Thing with Feathers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDucks, Newburyport\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eExtraordinary.--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe wakes up, goes to work. Watches the clock and checks her phone. But underneath this monotony there's something else going on: something under her skin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRelayed in interweaving columns that chart the feedback loop of memory, the senses, and modern distractions with wit and precision, our narrator becomes increasingly anxious as the day moves on: Is she overusing the heart emoji? Isn't drinking eight glasses of water a day supposed to fix everything? Why is the etiquette of the women's bathroom \u003ci\u003eso\u003c\/i\u003e fraught? How does she define rape? And why can't she stop scratching? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFiercely moving and slyly profound, \u003ci\u003elittle scratch\u003c\/i\u003e is a defiantly playful look at how our minds function in\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eand survive\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ethe darkest moments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984899217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.63d","brand":"Rebecca Watson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40190053384373,"sku":"9781984899217","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9573b72b-f180-47c7-bc68-85726f4b02d6.jpg?v=1623128329","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/little-scratch-9781984899217","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}