{"product_id":"the-wrong-heaven-9780316516181","title":"The Wrong Heaven","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor fans of George Saunders and Karen Russell, an \"amazing, wildly inventive\" collection of stories that straddles the line between the real and the fantastical (Kevin Wilson).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Wrong Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e, anything is possible: bodies can transform, inanimate objects come to life, angels appear and disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBonnaffons draws us into a delightfully strange universe, in which her conflicted characters seek to solve their sexual and spiritual dilemmas in all the wrong places. The title story's heroine reckons with grief while arguing with loquacious Jesus and Mary lawn ornaments that come to life when she plugs them in. In Horse, we enter a world in which women transform themselves into animals through a series of medical injections. In \u003cem\u003eAlternate\u003c\/em\u003e, a young woman convinces herself that all she needs to revive a stagnant relationship is the perfect poster of the Dalai Lama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile some of the worlds to which Bonnaffons transports us are more recognizable than others, all of them uncover the mysteries beneath the mundane surfaces of our lives. Enormously funny, boldly inventive, and as provocative as they are deeply affecting, these stories lay bare the heart of our deepest longings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluding the story \u003cem\u003eHorse\u003c\/em\u003e, as heard on \u003cem\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Bonnaffons'\u003c\/b\u003e work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places, and has been read on This American Life. She is a founding editor of 7x7.la, an online journal that publishes collaborations between writers and visual artists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e She holds an MFA from NYU and currently lives in Athens, GA, where she is pursuing a PhD at the University of Georgia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50323561742610,"sku":"9780316516181","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_40760dbb-48eb-4dc1-8e4e-19b719953564.jpg?v=1727658568","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wrong-heaven-9780316516181","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}