{"product_id":"lungs-full-of-noise-tessa-mellas-9781609382001","title":"Lungs Full of Noise","description":"This prize-winning debut of twelve stories explores a femininity that is magical, raw, and grotesque. Aghast at the failings of their bodies, this cast of misfit women and girls sets out to remedy the misdirection of their lives in bold and reckless ways. \u003cbr\u003eFigure skaters screw skate blades into the bones of their feet to master elusive jumps. A divorcee steals the severed arm of her ex to reclaim the fragments of a dissolved marriage. Following the advice of a fashion magazine, teenaged girls binge on grapes to dye their skin purple and attract prom dates. And a college freshman wages war on her roommate from Jupiter, who has inadvertently seduced all the boys in their dorm with her exotic hermaphroditic anatomy.\u003cbr\u003eBut it isn't just the characters who are in crisis. In \u003ci\u003eLungs Full of Noise, \u003c\/i\u003epersonal disasters mirror the dissolution of the natural world. Written in lyrical prose with imagination and humor, Tessa Mellas's collection is an aviary of feathered stories that are rich, emotive, and imbued with the strength to suspend strange new worlds on delicate wings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tessa Mellas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609382005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609382001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 5.59w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/22\/2013","brand":"Tessa Mellas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991697555711,"sku":"9781609382001","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_337fa623-6959-4e34-bdea-886c1b51c13d.jpg?v=1683311708","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lungs-full-of-noise-tessa-mellas-9781609382001","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}