{"product_id":"9781896949673","title":"Gone South and Other Ways to Disappear: Short Stories","description":"A collection of eight sharply imaginative short stories that focus on women’s relationships with their bodies, their lovers, their female friends, and their health. After an overweight cubicle worker takes a diet pill she loses sixty pounds in eight hours and her relationships with other women begins to change. A bossy stay-at-home mom’s husband leaves her for a younger woman, and while trying to make sense of her suddenly altered life, she has an otherworldly experience. A young therapist struggles to face her terminal cancer diagnosis as her body slowly gives out. While on vacation in Italy, a successful copy editor who longs to escape from her life follows a stranger home. These are just a few of the captivating characters that inhabit Julia Leggett’s witty and brilliant debut fiction.","brand":"Mother Tongue Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141006901488,"sku":"9781896949673","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781896949673_p0.jpg?v=1763610569","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781896949673","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}