{"product_id":"under-my-bed-and-other-jody-keisner-9781496230478","title":"Under My Bed and Other Essays","description":"Jody Keisner was raised in rural Nebraska towns by a volatile father and kind but passive mother. As a young adult living alone for the first time, she began a nighttime ritual of checking under her bed each night, not sure who she was afraid of finding. An intruder? A monster? Her father? Keisner's fears mature as she becomes a wife and mother, and the boogeyman under the bed shape-shifts, though its shapes are no less frightening--a young aunt's drowning, the \"chest chomp\" in the classic horror movie \u003ci\u003eThe Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, a diagnosis of a chronic autoimmune disease, the murder of a young college student, an eccentric grandmother's belief in reincarnation and her dying advice: \"Don't be afraid.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eUnder My Bed and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, Jody Keisner searches for the roots of the violence and fear that afflict women, starting with the working-class midwestern family she was adopted into and ending with her own experience of mothering daughters. In essays both literary and experimental, Keisner illustrates the tension between the illusion of safety, our desire for control, and our struggle to keep the things we fear from reaching out and pulling us under.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jody Keisner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496230477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496230478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022","brand":"Jody Keisner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069452087551,"sku":"9781496230478","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_299140a9-cf25-41f6-86fc-dcda0376387a.jpg?v=1685424788","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/under-my-bed-and-other-jody-keisner-9781496230478","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}