{"product_id":"otherwise-essays-9781637680728","title":"Otherwise: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003e A personal lyrical essay collection by a winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I am a butterfly at half-mast. Muscles coiled like springs. I have not unwound yet,\" writes Julie Marie Wade in \u003ci\u003eOtherwise\u003c\/i\u003e. In this series of intimate, braided essays written throughout her 30s, Wade traces her own unwinding and becoming through probing lyricism. As a daughter, lover, lesbian, and writer, she invites readers on a journey of self-discovery framed by memory, literature, and popular culture. Touching and tender, empathic and insightful, \u003ci\u003eOtherwise \u003c\/i\u003erevels in its author's self-acceptance at the threshold of mid-life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Autumn House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637680728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176","brand":"Julie Marie Wade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43096255135925,"sku":"9781637680728","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3c105087-69e2-428b-a242-5caa4dbdf98d.jpg?v=1692804371","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/otherwise-essays-9781637680728","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}