{"product_id":"9781942086024","title":"My Body Would be the Kindest of Strangers","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiona Helmsley's \u003ci\u003eMy Body Would be The Kindest of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e begins with an epigram from Anne Sexton's \u003ci\u003eWith Mercy for the Greedy\u003c\/i\u003e and ends with an essay on the virtues of Courtney Love. In-between, her stories and essays breathe new life into the idea that the things that we are ashamed of often make for the best stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluding essays on art and persona, the rejection of the word \"victim,\" and an imagined meeting between Joan Vollmer Burroughs and Patti Smith at the Chelsea Hotel, \u003ci\u003eMy Body Would be the Kindest of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e proves Fiona Helmsley is as deft at turning her gaze outward as she is at turning it in on herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paragraph Line Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044342415600,"sku":"9781942086024","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781942086024_p0.jpg?v=1763756861","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781942086024","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}