{"product_id":"9780990948315","title":"Mouth Like Burned Wood","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"Our block was quiet, all the houses lit with what looked like love. I hopped up onto the mailbox and buried my nose in Skullface's furry neck. He smelled like old sheets and earth. He was calm in my arms, purring, and I thought I could live on that and red wine for a while.\" - Excerpt from \"I Remember Like It Was Someone Else\" from Mouth Like Burned Wood.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJan M. Leotti's mini collection of her previously published short stories explores the challenges and triumphs of being a young girl. Grappling with loss, growing up, and new-found sexuality, each character finds her way through moments of heartbreak and beauty. A family Christmas dinner, a bleak snow-covered graveyard, a magic show, and a sexy, unreachable mother, are the worlds wherein each character reveals her strength and finds her own truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeotti's mini collection of short stories and vignettes can be read by both young adults and adults.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Magician's Daughter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023519105264,"sku":"9780990948315","price":5.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780990948315_p0.jpg?v=1763943886","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780990948315","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}