{"product_id":"if-the-body-allows-it-stories-paperback","title":"If the Body Allows It: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMegan Cummins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, \u003ci\u003eIf the Body Allows It\u003c\/i\u003e is divided into six parts and framed by the story of Marie, a woman in her thirties living in Newark, New Jersey. Suffering from a chronic autoimmune illness, she also struggles with guilt over the overdose and death of her father, whom she feels she betrayed at the end of his life. The stories within the frame--about failed marriages, places of isolation and protection, teenage mistakes, and forging a life in the aftermath--are the stories the narrator writes after she meets and falls in love with a man whose grief mirrors her own. \u003ci\u003eIf the Body Allows It\u003c\/i\u003e explores illness and its aftermath, guilt and addiction, and the relationships the characters form after they've lost everyone else, including themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Introspective, devastating, and funny, \u003ci\u003eIf the Body Allows It\u003c\/i\u003e grapples with the idea that life is always on the brink of never being the same again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMegan Cummins\u003c\/b\u003e is the managing editor at A Public Space and A Public Space Books. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eNinth Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Teen Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759908880672,"sku":"9781496222831","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/106376e330c7e7191988fac249046dcd.webp?v=1780165760","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/if-the-body-allows-it-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}