{"product_id":"midwatch-9781952897351","title":"Midwatch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Danback-McGhan's exquisite and unforgettable stories reveal the ways that women are made to pay for serving in the military. Heartbreaking, funny, and wise, Danback-McGhan's debut will linger beyond the midwatch hours.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eIvelisse Rodriguez\u003c\/b\u003e, author of PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction finalist\u003ci\u003e Love War Stories\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Jillian Danback-McGhan arrives with a great blend of literary swagger and artistic vision. What a bold, brilliant debut.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eMatt Gallagher, \u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eDaybreak\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmpire City\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYoungblood\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beware the power of stories, behold the power of stories...\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidwatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e demands that we not look away, that we not stuff up our ears, that we believe the women who've sacrificed when they tell us what it cost.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eTravis Klempan\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHave Snakes, Need Birds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHills Hide Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWomen service members confront a world that treats their military service as spectacle in Jillian Danback-McGhan's debut short story collection, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMidwatch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003eCaught in the liminal spaces between past and present, trauma and recovery, reality and delusion, the women in \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMidwatch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e encounter gender performance, structural misogyny, and both social and personal violence. A boarding officer fights her destructive impulses while leading an ill-fated anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden; an alcoholic company officer adjudicates a case of sexual harassment and reciprocal assault; a former child actor turned Marine plans her return to showbusiness while recovering from an IED attack; and a young petty officer finds herself entangled in a murderous love triangle on her new ship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending military literature and feminist horror, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMidwatch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e tells the overlooked stories of women service members, demanding that readers reconsider the roles of women in violent conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Split\/Lip Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50926988034322,"sku":"9781952897351","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a84ba031-6ff7-4f68-861a-49503242ec89.jpg?v=1738983594","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/midwatch-9781952897351","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}