{"product_id":"child-craft-9781960215055","title":"Child Craft","description":"The unmistakable voice of Amy Cipolla Barnes returns in this new hybrid prose collection. To enter \u003cem\u003eChild Craft\u003c\/em\u003e is to enter a world of memories, both invented and remembered. The speakers of Barnes' stories inhabit a space at times surreal but always vivid, evoking emotional responses that take readers to a place they could not have anticipated from the opening lines. As the title implies, \u003cem\u003eChild Craft\u003c\/em\u003e explores family relationships-typically from the perspectives of mother and daughter-and the ways that we continually shape them into something that can either help or harm us. These intimate vignettes comment on the many-layered realities of womanhood in modern life in a variety of settings. Whether passing through the wreckage of the Oklahoma City bombing or pretending that a pickle jar could save a missing woman, these stories open imaginative landscapes that will leave you feeling both haunted and a little less alone.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Cipolla Barnes\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmbrotypes\u003c\/i\u003e (word west press) and \u003ci\u003eMother Figures\u003c\/i\u003e (ELJ Editions). Her words have appeared in many publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe Citron Review, JMWW, Trampset, Flash Frog, No Contact Mag, Leon Review, Complete Sentence, The Bureau Dispatch, Nurture Lit, X-R-A-Y Lit, McSweeney' s, Southern Living, SmokeLong Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. She's been nominated for Best of the Net, the Pushcart Prize, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions, and long-listed for Wigleaf50 in 2021, 2022, and 2023. She's a \u003ci\u003eFractured Lit\u003c\/i\u003e Associate Editor, \u003ci\u003eGone Lawn\u003c\/i\u003e co-editor, \u003ci\u003eRuby Lit\u003c\/i\u003e assistant editor and reads for \u003ci\u003eThe MacGuffin, Best Small Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNarratively\u003c\/i\u003e. Find her on Twitter at @amygcb.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Belle Point Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50889110356242,"sku":"9781960215055","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c09e4de4-ee70-40a6-9a0c-67c225243c22.jpg?v=1738160217","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/child-craft-9781960215055","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}