{"product_id":"how-to-be-eaten-pb","title":"How To Be Eaten","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of NPR's Best Books of the Year: This darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in a support group for trauma.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Adelmann's debut is a darkly funny, thought-provoking take on what happens after happily ever after.\" \u003c\/b\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eTIME Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn present-day New York City, five women meet in a basement support group to process their traumas. Bernice grapples with the fallout of dating a psychopathic, blue-bearded billionaire. Ruby, once devoured by a wolf, now wears him as a coat. Gretel questions her memory of being held captive in a house made of candy. Ashlee, the winner of a Bachelor-esque dating show, wonders if she really got her promised fairy tale ending. And Raina's love story will shock them all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough the women start out wary of one another, judging each other's stories, gradually they begin to realize that they may have more in common than they supposed . . . What really brought them here? What secrets will they reveal? And is it too late for them to rescue each other?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark, edgy, and wickedly funny, this debut for readers of Carmen Maria Machado, Kristen Arnett, and Kelly Link takes our coziest, most beloved childhood stories, exposes them as anti-feminist nightmares, and transforms them into a new kind of myth for grown-up women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria Adelmann\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the short story collection \u003ci\u003eGirls of a Certain Age\u003c\/i\u003e, which explores the many impossible choices of modern girl and womanhood. Her work has been published by \u003ci\u003eTin House, n+1, Electric Literature, McSweeney's Internet Tendency\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Review, the Indiana Review, Epoch, AQR, MQR\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others, and has been selected by \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e as a distinguished story. You can follow her on Twitter or Instagram @ink176. \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Eaten\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maria Adelmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46712360075549,"sku":"9780316450850","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9780316450850.jpg?v=1709482530","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/how-to-be-eaten-pb","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}