{"product_id":"her-body-among-animals-paperback","title":"Her Body Among Animals - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaola Ferrante\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this genre-bending debut collection merging horror, fairy tales, pop culture, and sci-fi, women challenge the boundaries placed on their bodies while living in a world \"among animals,\" where violence is intertwined with bizarre ecological disruptions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sentient sex robot goes against her programming; a grad student living with depression is weighed down by an ever-present albatross; an unhappy wife turns into a spider; a boy with a dark secret is haunted by dolls; a couple bound for a colony on Mars take a road trip through Texas; a girl fights to save her sister from growing a mermaid tail like their absent mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagical yet human, haunted and haunting, these stories act as a surreal documentation of the mistakes in systems of the past that remain very much in the present. Ferrante investigates toxic masculinity and the devastation it enacts upon women and our planet, delving into the universal undercurrent of ecological anxiety in the face of such toxicity, and the personal experience of being a new mother concerned about the future her child will face.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough these confrontations of the complexity of living in a woman's body, \u003ci\u003eHer Body Among Animals \u003c\/i\u003emoves us from hopelessness to a future of resilience and possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePAOLA FERRANTE\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer living with depression. Her debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eWhat to Wear When Surviving a Lion Attack\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. She has won \u003ci\u003eGrain Magazine's \u003c\/i\u003eShort Grain Contest for Poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe New Quarterly's\u003c\/i\u003e Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award, \u003ci\u003eRoom Magazine's\u003c\/i\u003e Fiction Contest, and was longlisted for the 2020 Journey Prize. Her work appears in \u003ci\u003eAfter Realism: 24 Stories for the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest Canadian Poetry 2021\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorth American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePRISM International\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She was born, and still resides in, Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.95 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47381708570802,"sku":"9781771668385","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/03c30ccee36f8465085a80de89722464.webp?v=1777818893","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/her-body-among-animals-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}