{"product_id":"you-feel-it-just-below-the-ribs-9780063066625","title":"You Feel It Just Below the Ribs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA haunting, provocative novel, \u003cem\u003eYou Feel It Just Below the Ribs \u003c\/em\u003eis a fictional autobiography in an alternate twentieth century that chronicles one woman's unusual life, including the price she pays to survive and the cost her choices hold for the society she is trying to save.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn at the end of the old world, Miriam grows up during The Great Reckoning, a sprawling, decades-long war that nearly decimates humanity and strips her of friends and family. Devastated by grief and loneliness, she emotionally exiles herself, avoiding relationships or allegiances, and throws herself into her work--disengagement that serves her when the war finally ends, and The New Society arises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo ensure a lasting peace, The New Society forbids anything that may cause tribal loyalties, including traditional families. Suddenly, everyone must live as Miriam has chosen to--disconnected and unattached. A researcher at heart, Miriam becomes involved in implementing this detachment process. She does not know it is the beginning of a darkly sinister program that will transform this new world and the lives of everyone in it. Eventually, the harmful effects of her research become too much for Miriam, and she devises a secret plan to destroy the system from within, endangering her own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut is her \"confession\" honest--or is it a fabrication riddled with lies meant to conceal the truth?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA jarring and uncanny tale of loss, trauma, and the power of human connection and deception, \u003cem\u003eYou Feel It Just Below the Ribs\u003c\/em\u003e is a portrait of a disturbing alternate world eerily within reach, and an examination of the difficult choices we must make to survive in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCranor, Jeffrey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJeffrey Cranor cowrites the \u003cem\u003eWelcome to Night Vale\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWithin the Wires\u003c\/em\u003e podcasts. He also cocreates theater and dance pieces with choreographer\/wife Jillian Sweeney. They live in New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthewson, Janina:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJanina Matthewson is the author of the novel \u003cem\u003eOf Things Gone Astray \u003c\/em\u003eand the novella \u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnderstanding of Women.\u003c\/em\u003e She cowrites \u003cem\u003eWithin the Wires, \u003c\/em\u003e and has also written for \u003cem\u003eMurmurs, The Cipher\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePassenger List.\u003c\/em\u003e Originally from New Zealand, she now lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50724797874450,"sku":"9780063066625","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0fdec4f1-5de2-4abf-abe8-f513c88ffd9d.jpg?v=1737255581","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/you-feel-it-just-below-the-ribs-9780063066625","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}