{"product_id":"girls-of-a-certain-age-hardcover","title":"Girls of a Certain Age - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Adelmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fearless, darkly playful debut exploring the many impossible choices that accompany 21st century femaleness. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is the right way to handle an abusive partner? An unexpected pregnancy? A toxic friendship? Chronic unemployment? Gender dysphoria? A family member going to war? A disability? Anger? Loneliness? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinding themselves in disempowering, frightening, or otherwise unendurable circumstances, the girls, women, and non-binary characters in Maria Adelmann's stories look for ways to free themselves into new lives or, at the very least, new states of feeling. Sometimes they do this by hurting someone else or getting hurt; sometimes by submitting, other times by mounting a rebellion. With a special talent for pressing the sharp up against the tender, Adelmann explores the many pathways through the titular condition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanging in style from the magical to the terrifying to the calm tones of a self-help manual, \u003ci\u003eGirls of a Certain Age\u003c\/i\u003e captures the spectrum of strategies we apply to the pain of life, strategies that we persist in pretending might actually work.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria Adelmann\u003c\/b\u003e's work has been published by \u003ci\u003eTin House, n+1, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Review, Indiana Review, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEpoch, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, \u003c\/i\u003e and others. She has received fellowships from Cornell University and The University of Virginia, where she earned her BA and MFA respectively. Maria has had quite a few jobs (visual merchandiser, instructor, hotel reviewer) in quite a few cities (New York, Baltimore, Copenhagen) and once on a ship. She enjoys learning new crafts and letting personal projects take over her life. You can visit her online at mariaink.com or on Twitter and Instagram @ink176.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768631656736,"sku":"9780316450812","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fa527443f554adcbd855dd5a25d9e637.webp?v=1780334204","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/girls-of-a-certain-age-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}