{"product_id":"9781619029170","title":"Cool for You: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e“A cult figure to a generation of post-punk females forming their own literary avant-garde.”— \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhy can’t I live right now. Because I am not rich, I am not a saint. But I do know this: not all of us were sent here to work. \u003c\/i\u003e The first published novel of legendary poet and performer Eileen Myles follows a queer female growing up in working-class Boston, straining against the institutions that hold her: family, Catholic school, jobs at a camp, at a nursing home, at a school for developmentally disabled adult males. Free-ranging and deadpan, tragic and joyful, this is a book about women, gender, class, bodies, escape, and what it means to be “inside.” Never more relevant, and now with an introduction by Chris Kraus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soft Skull Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036830449904,"sku":"9781619029170","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781619029170_p0.jpg?v=1763856180","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781619029170","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}