{"product_id":"sympathy-for-wild-girls-stories-9781558613386","title":"Sympathy for Wild Girls: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA debut collection of surreal, skin-piercing stories about the boundless longing of queer Black women.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA runaway seeks shelter from violence with a pack of wild coyotes. A young woman falls into a hypocritical crew of white Christian YouTube influencers. A mother witnesses her daughter's prophecy about the end of the world come true. In \u003ci\u003eSympathy for Wild Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, young Black women yearn for intimacy and hunt for belonging in a subtly warped version of our world, where social mores loom like shadows and bigotry shape-shifts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkirting the chasms that lurk in our common notions of \"girlhood\"--and their heightened peril for queer women of color--Demree McGhee's characters track the prints of their desire and pain to the edges of reality, finding refuge in unlikely places. Fighting self-loathing and societal abuse, they explore the bounds of their feral strength and ugliest truths, howling at the moon to be known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558613386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 4.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Demree McGhee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45169538498741,"sku":"9781558613386","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_298d67f2-1ec8-4a3b-8665-cc38a34842bf.jpg?v=1741703508","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sympathy-for-wild-girls-stories-9781558613386","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}