{"product_id":"the-drowning-girl-9780451464163","title":"The Drowning Girl","description":"\u003cb\u003eA complex, haunting novel that explores a schizophrenic young artist's struggles with her perception of reality... including an intriguing ghostly woman who appears to her in the most mysterious ways.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e India Morgan Phelps--Imp to her friends--is trying to write her memoir, but she struggles with the unreliability of her own mind. Suffering from schizophrenia, as well as comorbid anxiety and OCD, Imp has a difficult time separating fantasy from reality. But for her, it's most important to tell her \"truth.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And for Imp, that truth comes through a stream-of-consciousness tale of her love story with her transgender girlfriend, as well as Imp's obsession with a mysterious woman whom she finds naked and mute at the side of the road. Imp must push past her mental illness--or work with it--to piece together her memories and tell her story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A rich exploration of mental illness, gender identity, and creative process, \u003ci\u003eThe Drowning Girl\u003c\/i\u003e delivers an eerie and powerful story of a woman's efforts to discover the truth that's locked away in her own head. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Caitlín R. Kiernan moves firmly into the new vanguard [...] of our best and most artful authors of the gothic and fantastic--those capable of writing fiction of deep moral and artistic seriousness.\"--Peter Straub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16157047\"\u003eCaitlin R. Kiernan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ace Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\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 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780451464163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0451464168\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-FIC025000\"\u003ePsychological\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-FIC009070\"\u003eFantasy | Dark Fantasy\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-FIC015000\"\u003eHorror | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaitlin R. Kiernan is the author of nine novels, including \u003ci\u003eSilk, Threshold, Low Red Moon, Murder of Angels, Daughter of Hounds\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Red Tree\u003c\/i\u003e. Their award-winning short fiction has been collected in six volumes, including \u003ci\u003eTales of Pain and Wonder; To Charles Fort, With Love; Alabaster;\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eA is for Alien\u003c\/i\u003e. They have also published two volumes of erotica, \u003ci\u003eFrog Toes and Tentacles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTales from the Woeful Platypus\u003c\/i\u003e. Trained as a vertebrate paleontologist, they currently live in Providence, Rhode Island.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ace Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48458823336173,"sku":"9780451464163","price":23.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_e0251f73-a948-4726-afd2-b7642d9917d1.jpg?v=1753620041","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-drowning-girl-9780451464163","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}