{"product_id":"dont-touch-the-stitches-winter-ashwood-9798198542525","title":"Don't Touch The Stitches: A Gothic Horror Frankenstein Retelling","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eI woke on a metal table with stitches around my throat and a man leaning over me, calling me a name that didn't fit.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy husband said there had been an accident. He said the grafts were necessary, that the scars would heal, that I should rest and take my medicine and stop asking questions about the locked rooms and the servants who wouldn't meet my eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut my body knew things I didn't. My right hand played piano with thirty years of muscle memory that wasn't mine. My legs stretched into ballet positions while I slept. My throat opened at night and sang in languages I had never studied.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI stopped taking the medicine. And the things my body remembered got worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stitches circled my throat. My wrists. My thighs. Every joint a seam. Every seam a border between skin that was mine and skin that wasn't. My husband called it healing. My body called it something else entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe built me to be grateful. He didn't expect me to start remembering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Winter Ashwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798198542525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.27d","brand":"Winter Ashwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659945423103,"sku":"9798198542525","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dont-touch-the-stitches-winter-ashwood-9798198542525","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}