{"product_id":"the-drowning-girl-9780451464163","title":"The Drowning Girl","description":"\u003cb\u003eA complex, haunting novel that explores a schizophrenic young artist's struggles with her perception of reality... including an intriguing ghostly woman who appears to her in the most mysterious ways.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e India Morgan Phelps--Imp to her friends--is trying to write her memoir, but she struggles with the unreliability of her own mind. Suffering from schizophrenia, as well as comorbid anxiety and OCD, Imp has a difficult time separating fantasy from reality. But for her, it's most important to tell her \"truth.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And for Imp, that truth comes through a stream-of-consciousness tale of her love story with her transgender girlfriend, as well as Imp's obsession with a mysterious woman whom she finds naked and mute at the side of the road. Imp must push past her mental illness--or work with it--to piece together her memories and tell her story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A rich exploration of mental illness, gender identity, and creative process, \u003ci\u003eThe Drowning Girl\u003c\/i\u003e delivers an eerie and powerful story of a woman's efforts to discover the truth that's locked away in her own head. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Caitlín R. Kiernan moves firmly into the new vanguard [...] of our best and most artful authors of the gothic and fantastic--those capable of writing fiction of deep moral and artistic seriousness.\"--Peter Straub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaitlin R. Kiernan is the author of nine novels, including \u003ci\u003eSilk, Threshold, Low Red Moon, Murder of Angels, Daughter of Hounds\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Red Tree\u003c\/i\u003e. Their award-winning short fiction has been collected in six volumes, including \u003ci\u003eTales of Pain and Wonder; To Charles Fort, With Love; Alabaster;\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eA is for Alien\u003c\/i\u003e. They have also published two volumes of erotica, \u003ci\u003eFrog Toes and Tentacles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTales from the Woeful Platypus\u003c\/i\u003e. Trained as a vertebrate paleontologist, they currently live in Providence, Rhode Island.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556212347154,"sku":"9780451464163","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_63d2daef-80a9-4830-a65f-248e68585dae.jpg?v=1731749818","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-drowning-girl-9780451464163","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}