{"product_id":"wild-failure-stories-9780593499917","title":"Wild Failure: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling debut collection of ten powerful, feminist, and queer short stories from bestselling author Zoe Whittall\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Absorbing and wrenchingly intimate, with a rare balance of wit and tenderness.\"--Jenny Fran Davis, author of \u003ci\u003eDykette\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWild Failure, \u003c\/i\u003e characters encounter feelings of shame, desire, attachment, and disconnection as they find themselves navigating their way through bad decisions, unusual situations, and fraught relationships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Oh, El,\" a dominant woman can't stop herself from toying with the tender heart of her co-worker. The title story, \"Wild Failure,\" is a doomed love story between an agoraphobic and a wilderness hiker. In \"Half-Pipe,\" a teen girl's heterosexual ambivalence results in chaos at a skate park. A group of idealistic roommates find themselves the subject of a true crime podcast in \"Murder at the Elm Street Collective House.\" In \"The Sex Castle Lunch Buffet,\" a woman reflects on her brief stint at a nineties strip club after she learns of the death of a former client. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWild Failure\u003c\/i\u003e is replete with Whittall's perceptive humor and acute insights into human nature. It's also a dynamic and vibrant collection of poetic fiction that contend with the meaning of desire in a world that devalues femininity and queerness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZoe Whittall\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five novels, including the recent bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Fake, \u003c\/i\u003e which was longlisted for the Toronto Book Award. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called her fourth novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectacul\u003c\/i\u003ear\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e a \"highly readable testament to the strength of the maternal bond.\" Her third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Best Kind of People, \u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eHolding Still for as Long as Possible, \u003c\/i\u003e won a Lambda Literary Award and was an American Library Association's Stonewall Honor Book. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eBottle Rocket Hearts, \u003c\/i\u003e won the Writers' Trust of Canada's Dayne Ogilvie Prize. She is also a Canadian Screen Award-winning TV writer. She lives in Prince Edward County.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50895606710546,"sku":"9780593499917","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0dc61c0d-0441-4651-9d15-0513d87fd7ec.jpg?v=1738274193","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wild-failure-stories-9780593499917","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}