{"product_id":"hurricane-girl-9780593315354","title":"Hurricane Girl","description":"\u003cb\u003eA propulsive and daring new novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eVery Nice\u003c\/i\u003e about a woman on the run from catastrophe, searching for love, home, a swimming pool, and for someone who can perhaps stop the bleeding from her head. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The novel surprises us by blending visceral horror with laugh-out-loud humor.... A wickedly entertaining read from first to last.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A strange and hypnotic journey in the aftermath of a natural disaster, Dermansky nails the sensation of being alive, of navigating a world so strange that it's almost a dream.\" --Kevin Wilson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNothing to See Here\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAllison Brody is thirty-two and newly arrived on the East Coast after just managing to flee her movie producer boyfriend. She has some money, saved up from years of writing and waitressing, and so she spends it, buying a small house on the beach. But then a Category 3 hurricane makes landfall and scatters her home up and down the shore, leaving Allison adrift. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShould she go home from the bar with the strange cameraman and stay in his guest room? Is that a glass vase he smashed on her skull? Can she wipe the blood from her eyes, get in her car, and drive to her mother's? Does she really love the brain surgeon who saved her, or is she just using him for his swimming pool? And is it possible to ever truly heal without seeking some measure of revenge? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gripping, provocative novel that walks a knife's edge between comedy and horror, \u003ci\u003eHurricane Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is the work of a singular talent, a novelist unafraid to explore the intersection of love, sex, violence, and freedom--while celebrating the true joy that can be found in a great swim and a good turkey sandwich.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARCY DERMANSKY is the author of the critically acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eVery Nice, The Red Car\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBad Marie\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTwins\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received fellowships from The MacDowell Colony and The Edward F. Albee Foundation. She lives with her daughter in Montclair, New Jersey.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50627640295698,"sku":"9780593315354","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hurricane-girl-9780593315354","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}