{"product_id":"radical-empathy-9781961897182","title":"Radical Empathy","description":"In this new collection of short stories that Ben Fountain declares \"all marvels,\" Robin Romm (author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mercy Papers\u003c\/i\u003e) revels in the mess behind the slick veneer of modern life. A financially-strapped college student sells her sought after \"Ivy League eggs\" to a movie star, then wrestles with her feelings as the child grows up in the public eye. A long-married wife in the midst of a bungled kitchen remodel imagines the excitement of her neighbor's unstable erotic life. Isolated by quarantine, a young widow contends with a talking daffodil that panders to her in therapy-speak. Disquieting, original and strangely reassuring, these ten new stories make quick work of the easy truths and thoughtless salvos that keep us from seeing the wildness of our irreducible lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Robin Romm is the author of two short story collections, \u003ci\u003eThe Mother Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRadical Empathy\u003c\/i\u003e; a chapbook of stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Tilt\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as a memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Mercy Papers\u003c\/i\u003e (a New York Times Notable Book). She also compiled and edited the essay collection, \u003ci\u003eDouble Bind: Women on Ambition\u003c\/i\u003e. She's been awarded an O'Henry Prize in short fiction, and was a finalist for the Pen USA prize for her first collection. Her journalism and nonfiction writing have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eO Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParents\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her partner, the writer Don Waters, and their two spitfire daughters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Four Way Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892155650322,"sku":"9781961897182","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_560a66cc-faed-4fad-bf8a-d99138a3602e.jpg?v=1738178597","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/radical-empathy-9781961897182","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}