{"product_id":"night-rooms-9781953387004","title":"Night Rooms","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"In a horror movie, an infected character may hide a bite or rash, an urge, an unwellness. She might withdraw or act out, or behave as if nothing is the matter, nothing has happened. Any course of action opposite saying how she feels suggests suffering privately is preferable to the anticipated betrayal of being cast out.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNight Rooms\u003c\/i\u003e is a poetic, intimate collection of personal essays that weaves together fragmented images from horror films and cultural tropes to meditate on anxiety and depression, suicide, body image, identity, grief, and survival. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether competing in shopping mall beauty pageants, reflecting on childhood monsters and ballet lessons, or recounting dark cultural ephemera while facing grief and authenticity in the digital age, Gina Nutt's shifting style echoes the sub-genres that Night Rooms highlights--spirit-haunted slow burns, possession tales, slashers, and revenge films with a feminist bent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRefracting life through the lens of horror films, Night Rooms masterfully leaps between reality and movies, past and present--because the \"final girl's\" story is ultimately a survival story told another way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Dollar Radio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953387004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2021 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gina Nutt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52210073632949,"sku":"9781953387004","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1aa23da2-5459-4872-addc-d0549b143227.jpg?v=1770132353","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/night-rooms-9781953387004","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}