{"product_id":"willful-creatures-9780385720977","title":"Willful Creatures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Contemporary fairy tales, cushioned by goofy humor and a deep tenderness for her characters, that aren't always as dark or as sinister as they initially appear.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAimee Bender's \u003ci\u003eWillful Creatures \u003c\/i\u003econjures a fantastical world in which authentic love blooms. This is a place where a boy with keys for fingers is a hero, a woman's children are potatoes, and a little boy with an iron for a head is born to a family of pumpkin heads. With her singular mix of surrealism, musical prose, and keenly felt emotion, Bender once again proves herself to be a masterful chronicler of the human condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAimee Bender is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cak\u003c\/i\u003ee--a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller--and \u003ci\u003eAn Invisible Sign of My Own\u003c\/i\u003e, and of the collections \u003ci\u003eThe Girl in the Flammable Skirt\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWillful Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e. Her works have been widely anthologized and have been translated into sixteen languages. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491707457810,"sku":"9780385720977","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_131ef04b-6862-40d7-bd96-2fd8e6984fb2.jpg?v=1730551209","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/willful-creatures-9780385720977","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}