{"product_id":"glorious-frazzled-beings-9781487009571","title":"Glorious Frazzled Beings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHome is where we love, suffer, and learn. Some homes we chose, others are inflicted upon us, and still others are bodies we are born into. In this astounding collection of stories, human and more-than-human worlds come together in places we call home.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFour sisters and their mother explore their fears while teeny ghost people dress up in fragments of their children's clothes. A somewhat-ghost tends the family garden. Deep in the mountains, a shapeshifting mother must sift through her ancestors' gifts and the complexities of love when one boy is born with a beautiful set of fox ears and another is not. In the wake of her elderly mother's tragic death, a daughter tries to make sense of the online dating profile she left behind. And a man named Pooka finds new ways to weave new stories into his abode, in spite of his inherited suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA startling and beguiling story collection, \u003cem\u003eGlorious Frazzled Beings\u003c\/em\u003e is a love song to the homes we make, keep, and break.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaLonde, Angelique:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eANGÉLIQUE LALONDE was the recipient of the 2019 Journey Prize, has been nominated for a National Magazine Award, and was awarded an Emerging Writer's residency at the Banff Centre. Her work has been published in numerous journals and magazines. She also received a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Victoria in 2013. Lalonde is the second-eldest of four daughters. Her mother is Métis, and her father is Québécois. She dwells on Gitxsan Territory in Northern British Columbia with her partner, two small children, and many non-human beings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Astoria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50444723749138,"sku":"9781487009571","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f12c283-359a-4de8-818c-2cb65a498a1a.jpg?v=1729687989","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/glorious-frazzled-beings-9781487009571","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}