{"product_id":"dreadful-young-ladies-and-other-stories-9781616209247","title":"Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exquisite collection of haunting, magical stories from Newbery Medalist Kelly Barnhill\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Mrs. Sorensen's husband dies, she rekindles a long-dormant love with an unsuitable mate in \"Mrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch.\" In \"Open the Door and the Light Pours Through,\" a young man wrestles with grief and his sexuality in an exchange of letters with his faraway beloved. \"Dreadful Young Ladies\" demonstrates the strength and power--known and unknown--of the imagination. In \"Notes on the Untimely Death of Ronia Drake,\" a witch is haunted by the deadly repercussions of a spell. \"The Insect and the Astronomer\" upends expectations about good and bad, knowledge and ignorance, love and longing. The World Fantasy Award-winning novella \"The Unlicensed Magician\" introduces the secret magical life of an invisible girl once left for dead--with thematic echoes of Barnhill's Newbery Medal-winning novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Drank the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With bold, reality-bending invention underscored by richly illuminated universal themes of love, death, jealousy, and hope, the stories in \u003ci\u003eDreadful Young Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e show why its author has been hailed as \"a fantasist on the order of Neil Gaiman\" (\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e). This collection cements Barnhill's place as one of the wittiest, most vital and compelling voices in contemporary literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKelly Barnhill\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Minnesota with her husband and three children. She is the author of four novels, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Drank the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2017 John Newbery Medal. She is also the winner of the World Fantasy Award and has been a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award, a Nebula Award, and the PEN\/USA literary prize. Visit her online at kellybarnhill.com or on Twitter: @kellybarnhill.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50719209226514,"sku":"9781616209247","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3b32d353-bbb4-4f18-9d05-8dd797fa2156.jpg?v=1734662561","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dreadful-young-ladies-and-other-stories-9781616209247","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}