{"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\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Curbstone Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50521549930770,"sku":"9780810146259","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_71f73024-1b9b-48e2-aa68-ba414c7c9f41.jpg?v=1731107582","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/as-if-she-had-a-say-stories-9780810146259","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}