{"product_id":"book-of-dahlia-9780743291309","title":"Book of Dahlia","description":"From the author of the critically acclaimed story collection \u003ci\u003eHow This Night Is Different\u003c\/i\u003e comes a dark, arresting, fearlessly funny story of one young woman's terminal illness. In \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Dahlia\u003c\/i\u003e, Elisa Albert walks a dazzling line between gravitas and irreverence, mining an exhilarating blend of skepticism and curiosity, compassion and candor, high and low culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meet Dahlia Finger: twenty-nine, depressed, whip-smart, occasionally affable, bracingly honest, resolutely single, and perennially unemployed. She spends her days stoned in front of the TV, watching the same movies repeatedly, like \"a form of prayer.\" But Dahlia's so-called life is upended by an aggressive, inoperable brain tumor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stunned and uncomprehending, Dahlia must work toward reluctant emotional reckoning with the aid of a questionable self-help guide. She obsessively revisits the myriad heartbreaks, disappointments, rages, and regrets that comprise the story of her life -- from her parents' haphazard Israeli courtship to her kibbutz conception; from the role of beloved daughter and little sister to that of abandoned, suicidal adolescent; from an affluent childhood in Los Angeles to an aimless existence in the gentrified wilds of Brooklyn; from a girl with \"options\" to a girl with none -- convinced that cancer struck because she herself is somehow at fault. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With her take-no-prisoners perspective, her depressive humor, and her extreme vulnerability, Dahlia Finger is an unforgettable anti-heroine. This staggering portrait of one young woman's life and death confirms Elisa Albert as a \"witty, incisive\" (\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e) and even \"wonder-inducing\" writer (\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElisa Albert is the author of \u003ci\u003eAfter Birth, The Book of Dahlia\u003c\/i\u003e, the short story collection \u003ci\u003eHow This Night Is Different\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of the anthology\u003ci\u003e Freud's Blind Spot\u003c\/i\u003e. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePost Road\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus, Time Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, on NPR, and in many anthologies. Albert grew up in Los Angeles and received an MFA from Columbia University, where she was a Lini Mazumdar Fellow. A recipient of the \u003ci\u003eMoment\u003c\/i\u003e magazine emerging writer award and a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize, she has received fellowships from The Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Djerassi, Vermont Studio Center, The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in Holland, the HWK in Germany, and the Amsterdam Writer's Residency. She lives with her family in upstate New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412943737106,"sku":"9780743291309","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_693adff1-ee2f-4b8a-96a2-06ecd8b903b3.jpg?v=1729335239","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/book-of-dahlia-9780743291309","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}