{"product_id":"the-girl-who-cried-diamonds-other-stories-9781770417274","title":"The Girl Who Cried Diamonds \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Bridging tenderness and violence, and brimming with danger and magic, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Cried Diamonds\u003c\/i\u003e will leave you breathless.\" -- Anuja Varghese, author of \u003ci\u003eChrysalis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In these 14 hard-edged and unapologetic stories, debut author Garcia tackles topics ranging from human trafficking and drug abuse to eating disorders and middle-age angst, and in no-frills prose, carves out bizarre and palpable realities, breathing strange life into a horde of depressed, deprived, and abused characters.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe boundaries between realist and fabulist, literary and speculative, are shattered in this remarkable debut collection for readers of Carmen Maria Machado, Andr? Alexis, and Ang?lique Lalonde\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA girl born in a small, unnamed pueblo is blessed--or cursed--with the ability to produce valuable gems from her bodily fluids. A tired wife and mother escapes the confines of her oppressive life and body by shapeshifting into a cloud. A girl reckons with the death of her father and her changing familial dynamics while slowly, mysteriously losing her physical senses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInfused with keen insight and presented in startling prose, the stories in this dark, magnetic collection by newcomer Rebecca Hirsch Garcia invite the reader into an uncanny world out of step with reality while exploring the personal and interpersonal in a way that is undeniably, distinctly human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRebecca Hirsch Garcia \u003c\/b\u003elives in Ottawa, Ontario. She is an O. Henry Prize-winning author whose work has been published in the\u003ci\u003e Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePRISM international\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Cried Diamonds \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697555312914,"sku":"9781770417274","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf136b14-f625-47a9-9b07-b0842ae09f20.jpg?v=1734304660","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-girl-who-cried-diamonds-other-stories-9781770417274","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}