{"product_id":"skinless-9798993121239","title":"Skinless","description":"\u003cp\u003eLower East Side, NYC, 1999-2001. Fresh from teenage homelessness and trauma, Charmay-velvet-voiced, street-tough-sings to find the self she lost. Struggling to survive the PTSD she calls \"Skinless\"-and alcohol's grip-she invents a glittering alter ego, Cindy, an elegant, high-earning magnet for power and manipulators. Past and present blur as she slips through the city's underground; three forces converge: a mercurial producer she chases, a hustler-lover she needs to trust, and a Wall Street financier who bets on Cindy, not Charmay-each claws her raw, pulling her toward a different self. Family ties-and a father's silence-pull her toward Cindy; the music pushes her to face Skinless. Pressure builds-hustles collide-masks switch places, tangling her in a web of deceit, control, and longing for intimacy. Cindy makes a play. Beats. Bullets. Bedsheets. When the curtain falls, her choice is stark: wear the mask that kept her alive-or sing in her honest voice and walk into the unknown. Told in Charmay's raw first-person voice, Skinless is razor-taut literary psychological suspense-a portrait of a woman fighting to heal. For readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJust Kids, \u003c\/em\u003e and literary noir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pearl of Peace Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798993121239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Maggie Moor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51948802015413,"sku":"9798993121239","price":29.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a333b007-80f2-4237-ae77-46ceb6fa0fac.jpg?v=1762273009","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/skinless-9798993121239","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}