{"product_id":"clothed-female-figure-stories-paperback","title":"Clothed, Female Figure: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKirstin Allio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClothed, Female Figure\u003c\/i\u003e opens a singular investigation of women: mothers, daughters, gardeners, housecleaners, employers, aunts, nannies, friends. There are dispatches from haloed single-girl apartments in New York, from the horsetail scrubland behind the beach club, from the house behind the linden tree where the first baby was born. An overgrown back garden becomes the shrouded stage for a reunion. A Russian nanny guards a secret. A new wife subverts housekeeping to outflank her mother-in-law. An alcoholic daughter is haunted by her mother's disappearance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough ten independent but thematically linked stories, Allio conjures women in conflict and on the edge, who embrace, battle, and transcend their domestic dimensions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirstin Allio's\u003c\/b\u003e novel, \u003ci\u003eGarner\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for First Fiction. She is a recipient of the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 award, a PEN\/O. Henry prize, and other honors for her short stories and essays. She lives in Providence, RI with her husband and sons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 09, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769863897376,"sku":"9781941088098","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/da62b07ba34e66f2399f7608419a668d.webp?v=1780358593","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/clothed-female-figure-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}