{"product_id":"she-walks-in-beauty-9781953368959","title":"She Walks in Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA coming-of-age story of two sisters living in their grandmother's boarding house in a small Ohio town just before the first world war and the characters who filter in and out of the house and their lives. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor teenager Linda Shirley, her residence in a family boarding house is a fact to be hidden, ignored, and, eventually, escaped. She aims for a better life and tries desperately to win the approval of the town's elite, particularly the popular Courtenay Stall, over whom she pines. Her younger sister, Dorrie, is a dreamer who not only tolerates but often delights in the colorful guests of the house, from the reluctantly retired theater troupers to the glamorous young woman of ill-repute, the bed-bound intellectual in the attic to the circus snake charmer who keeps her \"babies\" in ill-secured boxes under her bed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDawn Powell once said, \"satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out.\" \u003cem\u003eShe Walks in Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e is a satire in the most insightful sense, showing the specific clarity and cloudiness of two very different sisters' worldviews. This Belt Revivals edition includes a new introduction by critic Ilana Masad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953368959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Dawn Powell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45316465688757,"sku":"9781953368959","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_04b912f6-b27c-46ba-abe5-3d76d74563b0.jpg?v=1745331386","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/she-walks-in-beauty-9781953368959","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}