{"product_id":"9781480484801","title":"Dear Digby","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn oddball newspaper editor advises eccentric readers—and reckons with her own painful past in this psychological thriller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Willis Digby is the letters editor at\u003ci\u003e Sis\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eSisterhood\u003c\/i\u003e) magazine, a job that drives her mad. A Miss Lonelyhearts for feminists, Willis plows through correspondence that fluctuates from the predictable, boosterish boilerplate to letters challenging conventional notions of sanity, struggling to find a balance in her selections for publication in the landmark journal. Memorable letters include those from a woman who sprinkles cat food into her husband’s breakfast cereal each morning, one from a woman convinced that the man on the label of her cleaning products is harassing her, and endless gender-specific descriptions of peculiar sexual proclivities.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e As Digby strikes up an unconventional friendship with one of her correspondents, she also confronts a harrowing childhood incident that has come back to haunt her. At once witty and powerful, \u003ci\u003eDear Digby \u003c\/i\u003eis a thrilling tragicomedy that explores the shifting borders of the self, or selves, that define individual sanity and conventional thought, and redefine communication among lost souls.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144629862640,"sku":"9781480484801","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480484801_p0.jpg?v=1763619928","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480484801","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}