{"product_id":"deflection-of-pig-ponies-joan-laurie-anderson-9780595349067","title":"Deflection of Pig-Ponies","description":"Marlene D. Mor l is an emotionally troubled Chinese-American teenage girl growing up in Utopia-Zurich, Switzerland. To avoid her drunk, abusive father, who is the Swiss version of Oscar Wilde and her American mother, a has-been soap opera star, who has no interest in her chubby, slant-eyed daughter, Marlene spends most of her time hiding inside the warehouse, which houses the family business, Mor l Theatrical Costumier.\u003cp\u003e Preferring life among mannequins, props and costumes, Marlene has created over the years, a life of make-believe, where her imagination runs rampant. Trouble is, unbeknownst to her, she's also created an alter-ego named Bad Egg who happens to be a 'toon' and who wants to eliminate Marlene's personality all together. And to make things worse, Bad Egg has also created an alter-ego ego in the form of Kali, the Hindu Goddess of Sex and Destruction who plans on murdering Marlene's abusive father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Between these three out of control personalities, not to mention, Marlene's difficult circumstances with both parents, the poor girl ends up in a mental institution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With the help of a Jungian psychologist named Dr. Karin Sommerfeldt, Marlene D. Mor l's multiple act of misfits finally become solo again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eDeflection of Pig-Ponies\u003c\/i\u003e is a cross between the films, \u003ci\u003eOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joan Laurie Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595349064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595349067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joan Laurie Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119942267135,"sku":"9780595349067","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_973fa4a4-a275-4322-825c-0064c133668e.jpg?v=1687411741","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deflection-of-pig-ponies-joan-laurie-anderson-9780595349067","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}