{"product_id":"do-the-windows-open-9780140271454","title":"Do the Windows Open?","description":"\u003ci\u003eDo the Windows Open?\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of hilarious linked tales documenting the mania of the modern day in devastating detail-tales that have had readers of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e laughing out loud for years.\u003cp\u003eThe beguiling and alienated narrator-who finds nearly everything interesting and almost nothing clear-has set herself the never-ending goal of photographing a world-renowned reproductive surgeon, Walden Pond, the ponds of Nantucket, and all the houses Anne Sexton ever lived in. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the way, she searches for organically grown vegetables, windows that open, and an endodontist who acts like a normal person. She sometimes compares herself unfavorably to Jacqueline Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, and Princess Diana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges is a unique sensibility under siege. This is a remarkably original literary performance, one that speaks to anyone looking for the refuge laughter offers from life in an absurd world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulie Hecht's fiction has appeared in \u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHarper's\u003c\/b\u003e. She lives in East Hampton, New York in the winter and Massachusetts in the summer. She has been writing stories since she was eight years old.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318117470482,"sku":"9780140271454","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2f4bbf23-acf7-457b-8488-48e81deeb720.jpg?v=1727548430","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/do-the-windows-open-9780140271454","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}