{"product_id":"9780692751039","title":"Fragments of a Fragmented Life: A Collection of Short Stories","description":"A collection of forty-one intensely compact stories that wrap the reader in intensity, craving, and ecstasy, all at play with humanity's tenderness and vulnerabilities.\u003cp\u003eIn \"Freefall\" a young woman jumps from three thousand feet, her parachute fails to open but a voice in her head changes her life forever. \"The Gift\" is set in Beijing, where an American scientist wrestles a Chinese combatant for sport during Operation Desert Shield. In \"Martinis, Limes \u0026amp; Puberty\" a young girl's aunts and blood cousins lift her from a turmeric bath and dress her for a puberty ceremony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdgy and raw, insightful and disturbing, Macy gives us a deliberate nudge to the edge of life's mysteries and into the unknown around which our lives revolve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Dana Macy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow me on Twitter at:twitter.com\/fictionLitPress \u003cbr\u003eVisit my Facebook Author page at: facebook.com\/flashfictionpost\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fictionlit Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49820498854128,"sku":"9780692751039","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692751039","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}