{"product_id":"and-then-you-apply-ice-pamela-gwyn-kripke-9781948598750","title":"And Then You Apply Ice: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Pamela Gwyn Kripke's prose is pitch-perfect, starting with the title. The scenes in \u003ci\u003eAnd Then You Apply Ice\u003c\/i\u003e are vivid and fresh, ironic and funny. This collection is an absolute joyride.\"-Corie Adjmi, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage Box\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife and Other Shortcomings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn eight-year-old beauty pageant winner experiences objectification on a summer camp stage. A middle-aged single mother watches her boyfriend, a cosmetic surgeon, suction liquid fat out of a patient, confronting her own insecurities about appearance, worth and love. Through a slit in a door, an eyeball tracks the comings and goings of its neighbor, a young interior designer who is robbed in the walkup apartment across the hall. A Dixie Mafia don pushes a television reporter to question her ethics. Two dogs discover intertwined feet under a dinner party table and struggle to reveal the infidelity to their preferred human parent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe women and girls in these twenty-one stories encounter hurt-to their emotions, bodies, beliefs and ideas-confronting who they are or will become. Their predicaments reveal the subtleties of human interaction, the power in one's decisions and ultimately, the complex resilience that imbues women's lives. A captivating look at managing transgression, the collection is an honest, funny and astute portrayal of the female experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pamela Gwyn Kripke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948598752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948598750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Books Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Pamela Gwyn Kripke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45898108109055,"sku":"9781948598750","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81bdd5c8-52fd-44a6-bd8c-2c91404f916c.jpg?v=1721375526","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/and-then-you-apply-ice-pamela-gwyn-kripke-9781948598750","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}