{"product_id":"9781888451368","title":"Some of the Parts","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn sparse, evocative prose, T Cooper tells the story of four splintered lives: Isak is a \"gender freak\" to the world at large. Taylor is so simultaneously perfect, yet useless, that she is paralyzed. Her mother Arlene is lonely and pill-popping, while Arlene’s brother Charlie faces the unexpected—even unwanted—prospect of being healthy with HIV. Fractured lives in various forms of exile eventually join to re-forge a definition of family from the ashes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eT Cooper \u003c\/b\u003e received an MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University. For some time, T doubled as T-Rok, a member of the heart-throbby Backdoor Boys performance troupe. T’s work—both fiction and non-fiction—has appeared in a variety of magazines, journals and anthologies. This is a first novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057912463600,"sku":"9781888451368","price":11.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781888451368_p0.jpg?v=1763607191","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781888451368","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}