{"product_id":"tear-9781778430060","title":"Tear","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA reclamation of\u003cbr\u003efemale rage and a horrifyingly deformed Bildungsroman.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrances is quiet and reclusive, \u003cbr\u003eso much so that her upstairs roommates sometimes forget she exists. Isolated in\u003cbr\u003ethe basement, and on the brink of graduating from university, Frances herself\u003cbr\u003estarts to question the realities of her own existence. She can't remember there\u003cbr\u003ebeing a lock on the door at the top of the basement stairs--and yet, when she\u003cbr\u003eturns the knob, the door won't open. She can't tell the difference between her\u003cbr\u003echildhood memories, which bloom like flowers in the dark basement, and her\u003cbr\u003edreams. Worse still, she can't ignore the very real tapping sound now\u003cbr\u003ecoming--insistently, violently--threatening to break through her bedroom wall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the thematic\u003cbr\u003econsiderations of Mary Shelley and Shirley Jackson's work, and in the style of\u003cbr\u003eHerta Müller and Daisy Johnson, \u003ci\u003eTear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eis both a horrifyingly deformed Bildungsroman and a bristling reclamation of\u003cbr\u003efemale rage. Blurring the real and the imagined, this lyric debut novel\u003cbr\u003eunflinchingly engages with contemporary feminist issues and explores the\u003cbr\u003edetrimental effects of false narratives, gaslighting, and manipulation on young\u003cbr\u003ewomen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Invisible Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781778430060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304","brand":"Erica McKeen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42325178712245,"sku":"9781778430060","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e7d7929e-a07f-4110-acac-d7f397863c1f.jpg?v=1660017071","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tear-9781778430060","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}