{"product_id":"as-if-she-had-a-say-stories-9780810146259","title":"As If She Had a Say: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new story collection from Jennifer Fliss, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Predatory Animal Ball\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Who has a right to tell us how to experience our grief? How to perform--or not perform--the roles society prescribes to us based on our various points of identity? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs If She Had a Say\u003c\/i\u003e, the second story collection from Jennifer Fliss, uses an absurdist lens to showcase characters--predominantly women--plumbing their resources as they navigate misogyny, abuse, and grief. In these stories, a woman melts in the face of her husband's cruelty; a seven-tablespoons-long woman lives inside a refrigerator and engages in an affair with the man of the house; a balloon-animal artist attends a funeral to discover he was invited as more than entertainment; and a man loses all his nouns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fans of Karen Russell and Carmen Maria Machado will appreciate how \u003ci\u003eAs If She Had a Say\u003c\/i\u003e's inventive narratives expose inequities by taking us on imaginative romps through domesticity and patriarchal expectations. Each story functions as a magnifying glass through which we might examine our own lives and see ourselves more clearly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15212831\"\u003eJennifer Fliss\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Curbstone Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810146259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810146258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC064000\"\u003eAbsurdist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC037000\"\u003ePolitical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJENNIFER FLISS\u003c\/b\u003e (she\/her) is a Seattle-based writer whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eF(r)iction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo Tokens\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere, including two of the Best Short Fiction anthologies. She is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Predatory Animal Ball\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curbstone Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44485293965549,"sku":"9780810146259","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_abe13fc1-c070-4745-ba9d-1ce919e19a0a.jpg?v=1700801604","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/as-if-she-had-a-say-stories-9780810146259","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}