{"product_id":"my-body-would-be-the-fiona-helmsley-9781942086024","title":"My Body Would be the Kindest of Strangers","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiona Helmsley's \u003ci\u003eMy Body Would be The Kindest of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e begins with an epigram from Anne Sexton's \u003ci\u003eWith Mercy for the Greedy\u003c\/i\u003e and ends with an essay on the virtues of Courtney Love. In-between, her stories and essays breathe new life into the idea that the things that we are ashamed of often make for the best stories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Including essays on art and persona, the rejection of the word \"victim,\" and an imagined meeting between Joan Vollmer Burroughs and Patti Smith at the Chelsea Hotel, \u003ci\u003eMy Body Would be the Kindest of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e proves Fiona Helmsley is as deft at turning her gaze outward as she is at turning it in on herself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fiona Helmsley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1942086024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942086024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paragraph Line Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.42d","brand":"Fiona Helmsley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44302351433983,"sku":"9781942086024","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_557e6b14-3ab1-41f0-b651-2b7437780c6b.jpg?v=1695161024","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-body-would-be-the-fiona-helmsley-9781942086024","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}