{"product_id":"9780692470206","title":"Ugly Girl","description":"Like a bomb that only goes off slowly over the course of decades, Ugly Girl by Holly Day is a litany of the damages done to self and others caught within the blast radius, the faceless ones who set the charge but are somehow never fully held accountable for it. \u003cp\u003eIt is no sudden explosion, but one that takes years to notice; as she says in Unwinding: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI know time has passed because my reflection has been replaced by the face of a stranger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe speaker in the poems is never the one \"they\" think she is, or the one they want her to be. Despite this disconnection, there is an undaunted strength that bursts through the layers of subjugation:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are only so many people\u003cbr\u003eI can be for you and I have to be myself now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-From \"This isn't love\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUgly Girl is a must read for woman and man alike; it's honesty and willingness to engage the reader with its perceptiveness and inclusivity will relate to all on a human level.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shoe Music Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49977269584112,"sku":"9780692470206","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692470206","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}