{"product_id":"transmutation-stories-9781644210666","title":"Transmutation: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eTransgressive, transformative short stories that explore the margins of trans lives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuilding on the success of \u003ci\u003eAll City\u003c\/i\u003e, here is a wry, and at the same time dark and risk-taking, story collection from author (and baker) Alex DiFrancesco that pushes the boundaries of transgender awareness and filial bonds. Here is the hate between 16-year-old Junie, who is transitioning, and their mom's boyfriend Chad when the family moves into Chad's house on Lake Erie. And here is the love being tested between Sawyer and his dad, who named his boat after his child and resists changing it from Sara to Sawyer now. There is DiFrancesco's willingness to enter lands that are violent and comfortless in some of these stories, testing the limits of what it means to be human, sometimes returning stronger and wiser and sometimes not returning at all as their characters surge forward into unknown spaces.\u003cbr\u003e DiFrancesco's first novel \u003ci\u003eAll City\u003c\/i\u003e (Seven Stories 2019) was praised by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e as a loving, grieving warning  that] thoughtfully traces the resilience, fragility, and joy of precarious communities in an immediate, compassionate voice. \u003ci\u003eAll City\u003c\/i\u003e was one of \u003ci\u003eBookRiot\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Post-Apocalyptic Books of 2019, \u003ci\u003eEntropy Mag\u003c\/i\u003e's Best of 2019, and \u003ci\u003eLargehearted Boy\u003c\/i\u003e's Favorite Novels of 2019. It was a finalist for the 2019 Ohioana Book Award for Fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644210666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144","brand":"Alex Difrancesco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40085549416629,"sku":"9781644210666","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7797100e-e665-4ce1-a4cc-3d8249e9c9c5.jpg?v=1621901786","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/transmutation-stories-9781644210666","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}