{"product_id":"haunted-houses","title":"Haunted Houses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eWeird Fucks\u003c\/em\u003e, a witty, bleak, and outrageous account of American girlhood.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHaunted Houses\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of three young women. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJane's occasionally violent father reads her the Gettysburg Address at bedtimes, while Emily's parents are FDR Democrats who only privately concede she may be normal. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGrace believes her dolls come alive at night and talk against her, and has a mother who likes animals more than people. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTillman charts the girls' unsteady drift into womanhood, revealing the multiple forms of inheritance \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– family, gender, culture \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– that a girl must swallow or rebel against. \u003cem\u003eHaunted Houses\u003c\/em\u003e is about the past within the present, the inescapability of private memory and public history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn prose that is uncanny and precise, it showcases Lynne Tillman at her boldest and most trenchant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lynne Tillman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43671146594561,"sku":"9781913512170","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-120.png?v=1690818792","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/haunted-houses","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}