{"product_id":"strange-appetites-9781637771686","title":"Strange Appetites","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring heart surgery on a woman, the doctor discovers her sister tucked inside. She doesn't want to come out. A woman traverses boundaries, even walls. By turns surreal, mournful, and droll, this collection of short stories investigates our conflicting urge for intimacy and transcendence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnter this cabinet of wonders to find your mind and spirit expand. While the concerns and struggles are familiar - loneliness, troubled marriages, envy, hungers of various sorts -these fabulist tales shed fresh light, producing strange and tasty blooms. ⎯Ron MacLean, author of We Might as Well Light Something on Fire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe places her metaphors take us are intimate and quiet-the damp space under stones, the mushrooms that grow in forests. -Dana Diehl, editor of The Collagist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Red Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51967063818514,"sku":"9781637771686","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_525702c7-d952-48f6-b35b-4f453b0b23ac.jpg?v=1768923647","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/strange-appetites-9781637771686","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}