{"product_id":"desperate-bodies-lydia-mathis-9780802166708","title":"Desperate Bodies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a ferocious new talent, a debut story collection excavating the desire, humor, and horror in the everyday lives of Black women and girls--for readers of Deesha Philyaw and Kelly Link\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a voice that vibrates on the page, Lydia Mathis' debut collection is set in the American South and her sharply drawn, authentic characters shine a light on what we're willing to do to ourselves and to others in service of our desires. The madness in the ordinary rules here: an overworked college safety officer is confronted by a bloody figure who walks into her office; a sex worker runs into a client en route to a parent-teacher conference; a teacher is plagued by a ghost determined to tidy her apartment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesperate Bodies \u003c\/i\u003edepicts the fragility, strength, and unruliness of Black women and girls' bodies and the power in being honest about their desires. In unflinching prose, Mathis takes a frank and determined look at what it means to be subjected to imbalances of power through the perspectives of young girls and adult women. With surprising turns and a touch of the supernatural, these stories refuse to look away from the most honest, raw moments of womanhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisceral and unyielding, \u003ci\u003eDesperate Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrillingly dark ride that introduces Lydia Mathis as a major new writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lydia Mathis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802166709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802166708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Roxane Gay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Lydia Mathis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447302500607,"sku":"9780802166708","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_08f21323-c9fe-4f17-85c2-ffe0ee2f2240.jpg?v=1777230205","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/desperate-bodies-lydia-mathis-9780802166708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}