{"product_id":"the-story-i-tell-myself-about-myself-9780999750124","title":"The Story I Tell Myself about Myself","description":"\u003cp\u003eSarah Layden's \u003cem\u003eThe Story I Tell Myself About Myself, \u003c\/em\u003ewinner of the inaugural Sonder Press Chapbook Competition, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis an intimate, deftly crafted collection. The fictions housed here, while brief, are delicate and deliberate, each capturing at once the vast, fleeting fragility of our existence and the singular, profound experience of each moment lived. And while these are stories of abandonment and regret, of desire, guilt and longing, there is love and good intention, faith and wonder here, as well. Layden crafts her prose with precision and a keen understanding of the nuance of language. Each story is a measured mouthful, sweet and full on the tongue. \u003cem\u003eThe Story I Tell Myself About Myself \u003c\/em\u003etells the story of all of us, the spectrum of our lives laid bare, our own reflection refracted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLayden, Sarah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sarah Layden is the author of the novel Trip Through Your Wires. Her short fiction has appeared in Boston Review, Artful Dodge, Stone Canoe, Blackbird, and elsewhere, with nonfiction in Salon, Ladies' Home Journal, The Humanist, and other publications. She teaches writing at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the Indiana Writers Center.","brand":"Sonder Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461826351378,"sku":"9780999750124","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c64beb8b-c80f-47a2-886b-510cdea3dbf0.jpg?v=1730080225","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-story-i-tell-myself-about-myself-9780999750124","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}