{"product_id":"how-to-be-eaten-9780316450850","title":"How to Be Eaten","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of NPR's Best Books of the Year: This darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in a support group for trauma.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In present-day New York City, five women meet in a basement support group to process their traumas. Bernice grapples with the fallout of dating a psychopathic, blue-bearded billionaire. Ruby, once devoured by a wolf, now wears him as a coat. Gretel questions her memory of being held captive in a house made of candy. Ashlee, the winner of a Bachelor-esque dating show, wonders if she really got her promised fairy tale ending. And Raina's love story will shock them all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though the women start out wary of one another, judging each other's stories, gradually they begin to realize that they may have more in common than they supposed . . . What really brought them here? What secrets will they reveal? And is it too late for them to rescue each other? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ​Dark, edgy, and wickedly funny, this debut for readers of Carmen Maria Machado, Kristen Arnett, and Kelly Link takes our coziest, most beloved childhood stories, exposes them as anti-feminist nightmares, and transforms them into a new kind of myth for grown-up women. \u003cp\u003e *Belletrist June Book Club Pick* \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Named a Best Book of May by \u003ci\u003eTIME Magazine \u0026amp; Glamour\u003c\/i\u003e One of NPR's Best Books of the Year \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Adelmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316450850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria Adelmann\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the short story collection \u003ci\u003eGirls of a Certain Age\u003c\/i\u003e, which explores the many impossible choices of modern girl and womanhood. Her work has been published by \u003ci\u003eTin House, n+1, Electric Literature, McSweeney's Internet Tendency\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Review, the Indiana Review, Epoch, AQR, MQR\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others, and has been selected by \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e as a distinguished story. You can follow her on Twitter or Instagram @ink176. \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Eaten\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41179272773747,"sku":"9.78032E+12","price":20.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_42f0f617-e8fd-4390-ac10-61fb4c7ae544.jpg?v=1703606545","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/how-to-be-eaten-9780316450850","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}