{"product_id":"love-breaks-my-bones-and-i-laugh-9798218166960","title":"Love Breaks My Bones and I Laugh","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe daughter of the Last American Cowboy is tasked with putting her late-father's ashes to rest, but has plans of her own. A woman wakes up after the first night with her lover to discover she's birthed a pile of maggots. The ghost of Hans Christian Andersen comforts a young girl. These short stories are haunted by the destructive, often cyclically so, power of love and fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fans of Johnson's work, namely her previous collection I'll Tell You a Love Story (Bridge Eight, 2020), might notice an anger in these stories that felt more subdued before. There is a pain that still burns-the hand pressed to the stove, a flash in the sear that has not subsided. A kind of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrenetic energy carries the reader through these pieces\"- Kym Cunninham, author of NEW MYTHOLOGIES and DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Couri Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pumpernickel House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798218166960","brand":"Pumpernickel House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43076826890355,"sku":"9.79822E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f38da57d-b0f5-4051-a5c3-4e87e7e6aa9d.jpg?v=1747927956","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/love-breaks-my-bones-and-i-laugh-9798218166960","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}