{"product_id":"2940046545661","title":"Self-Torture for Dummies: A 21st Century Short-Form Saga of Love, Treachery, and Curses.","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 21st century love, what comes easy doesn't last, and what lasts doesn't come easy. Maggie Moon whisks her readers through the emotional pinnacles and hell-pits of love and loss, through poems of passion, jealousy, and witchery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill it last? Can the lovers pull it together?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelf-Torture for Dummies is a short-form saga of love, treachery, and curses, told in 21 short poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA couple of excerpts:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSELF-TORTURE FOR DUMMIES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...I, as ever, leave myself\u003cbr\u003eRed raw pulsating on a hillside overlooking\u003cbr\u003eMy life ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e... But still found. Lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike an addict. No, an addict\u003cbr\u003eA subversion made into a\u003cbr\u003eHelpless dedication.\u003cbr\u003eA union, not a handy compilation\u003cbr\u003eOf two distinct parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelf-Torture for Dummies\u003cbr\u003eWill be the name of my next book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE FANTASTIC(AL) BAD NEWS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo let me get this straight.\u003cbr\u003eYour wife is a witch and she is also insane.\u003cbr\u003eAnd she hates me.\u003cbr\u003eBecause I love you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd she wants me dead ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWHAT HE SAID\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe said he wasn't beholden.\u003cbr\u003eHe said he wouldn't be missed.\u003cbr\u003eHe said she didn't love him.\u003cbr\u003eIt was 10 years since they'd kissed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was so kind and humble\u003cbr\u003eImpossible to resist\u003cbr\u003eHis mouth was hungry for my skin\u003cbr\u003eMy lips would ache to feel his kiss ...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maggie Moon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168578650352,"sku":"2940046545661","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046545661_p0.jpg?v=1763702262","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046545661","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}