{"product_id":"how-to-be-eaten-9780316450850","title":"How to Be Eaten","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of NPR's Best Books of the Year: This darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in a support group for trauma.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In present-day New York City, five women meet in a basement support group to process their traumas. Bernice grapples with the fallout of dating a psychopathic, blue-bearded billionaire. Ruby, once devoured by a wolf, now wears him as a coat. Gretel questions her memory of being held captive in a house made of candy. Ashlee, the winner of a Bachelor-esque dating show, wonders if she really got her promised fairy tale ending. And Raina's love story will shock them all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though the women start out wary of one another, judging each other's stories, gradually they begin to realize that they may have more in common than they supposed . . . What really brought them here? What secrets will they reveal? And is it too late for them to rescue each other? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ​Dark, edgy, and wickedly funny, this debut for readers of Carmen Maria Machado, Kristen Arnett, and Kelly Link takes our coziest, most beloved childhood stories, exposes them as anti-feminist nightmares, and transforms them into a new kind of myth for grown-up women. \u003cp\u003e *Belletrist June Book Club Pick* \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Named a Best Book of May by \u003ci\u003eTIME Magazine \u0026amp; Glamour\u003c\/i\u003e One of NPR's Best Books of the Year \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria Adelmann\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the short story collection \u003ci\u003eGirls of a Certain Age\u003c\/i\u003e, which explores the many impossible choices of modern girl and womanhood. Her work has been published by \u003ci\u003eTin House, n+1, Electric Literature, McSweeney's Internet Tendency\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Review, the Indiana Review, Epoch, AQR, MQR\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others, and has been selected by \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e as a distinguished story. You can follow her on Twitter or Instagram @ink176. \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Eaten\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50580266483986,"sku":"9780316450850","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f2925a1-1d78-4642-97e7-2035e8264c18.jpg?v=1732008880","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-be-eaten-9780316450850","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}