{"product_id":"slut-lullabies-stories-9780810149755","title":"Slut Lullabies: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe collection that cemented Frangello's reputation as a writer on the power dynamics of sexuality, gender, and the body\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through beauty, horror, humor, and chaos, Gina Frangello's electric stories mine the human experience. A gay Latino man whose pious relatives are boycotting his commitment ceremony becomes caught up in hypocrisy and splendor when his lover's Waspy mother hires a glitzy wedding coordinator. A desperate teen \"seduces\" her teacher in order to blackmail him into funding her young stepmother's escape from their violent home. A wife turns to infidelity and drugs to distract her from chronic pain following an accident. A teenage boy attempts atonement in Amsterdam after having exploited and betrayed his naive girlfriend at home. A socialite must confront her dark past as her husband's deteriorating illness erodes both her bank account and social standing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Intimate and raw, this new edition of Frangello's short fiction includes two previously unpublished stories. A foreword by Rebecca Makkai explains how Frangello's incendiary work has opened the door for writing about deeply flawed and fascinating women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGINA FRANGELLO\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books, including the memoir \u003ci\u003eBlow Your House Down: A Story of Family, Feminism, and Treason\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e which was a New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editor's Choice, and the novels \u003ci\u003eA Life in Men\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Sister's Continent \u003c\/i\u003e(Northwestern University Press). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51967036588306,"sku":"9780810149755","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_604907f2-a1a3-4bf6-bb90-aedf775a7429.jpg?v=1768921903","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/slut-lullabies-stories-9780810149755","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}