{"product_id":"aesthetica-9781641295321","title":"Aesthetica","description":"\"At 19, she was an Instagram celebrity. Now, at 35, she works behind the cosmetic counter at the \"black and white store,\" peddling anti-aging products to women seeking physical and spiritual transformation. She too is seeking rebirth. She's about to undergo the high-risk, elective surgery Aesthetica, a procedure that will reverse all her past plastic surgery procedures, returning her, she hopes, to a truer self. Provided she survives the knife. But on the eve of the surgery, her traumatic past resurfaces when she is asked to participate in the public takedown of her former manager\/boyfriend, who has rebranded himself as a paragon of \"woke\" masculinity in the post-#MeToo world. With the hours ticking down to her surgery, she must confront the ugly truth about her experiences on and off the Instagram grid. Propulsive, dark, and moving, Aesthetica is a Veronica for the age of \"Instagram face,\" delivering a fresh, nuanced examination of feminism, MeToo, and mother-daughter relationships, all while confronting our collective addiction to followers, filters, and faux realities.\"--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllie Rowbottom\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eJell-O Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice Selection, Amazon Best Book of the Month, Indie Next Pick, and \u003ci\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the year. Allie's essays and short fiction can be found in \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, Salon, Lit Hub, \u003ci\u003eNo Tokens\u003c\/i\u003e, NY Tyrant, \u003ci\u003eThe Drunken Canal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlta Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBitch\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She holds a PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Houston and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the writer Jon Lindsey.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Soho Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629154308370,"sku":"9781641295321","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da4be122-c4b1-47a4-b5d3-cfad8a1bf20f.jpg?v=1744220653","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/aesthetica-9781641295321","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}