{"product_id":"caca-dolce-chelsea-martin-9781593766771","title":"Caca Dolce: Essays from a Lowbrow Life","description":"An \"enchanting\" memoir of an artist in search of herself: \"A sure hit for fans of Sara Benincasa's \u003ci\u003eAgorafabulous!\u003c\/i\u003e and Lena Dunham's \u003ci\u003eNot That Kind of Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003ci\u003eCaca Dolce\u003c\/i\u003e is the \"funny, candid, and bracingly self-aware\" story of Chelsea Martin's coming of age as an artist (\u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e). We're with the author of cult novels \u003ci\u003eMickey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEven Though I Don't Miss You\u003c\/i\u003e as an eleven-year-old atheist, trying to will an alien visitation to her neighborhood; fighting with her stepfather and grappling with a Tourette's diagnosis as she becomes a teenager; falling under the sway of frenemies and crushes in high school; going into debt to afford what might be a meaningless education at an expensive art college; navigating the messy process of falling in love with a close friend; and struggling for independence from her emotionally manipulative father and from the family and friends in the dead-end California town that has defined her upbringing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA book about relationships, class, art, sex, money, family, and growing up weird and poor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, \u003ci\u003eCasa Dolce\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a wild ride of a memoir, and a true glimpse into the mind of an artist as she's figuring out what life is all about\" (Kristin Iversen, \u003ci\u003eNylon\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chelsea Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593766777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593766771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017 pg. 11","brand":"Chelsea Martin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979288838399,"sku":"9781593766771","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e84df746-da62-476f-ab0f-71927000ec73.jpg?v=1683244754","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/caca-dolce-chelsea-martin-9781593766771","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}