{"product_id":"9781944211134","title":"The Pharmacist's Mate and 8","description":"Amy Fusselman's first two books, \u003ci\u003eThe Pharmacist's Mate\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e8\u003c\/i\u003e, weave surprising beauty out of diverse strands of personal reflection. Half memoir and half philosophical improvisation, each focuses loosely on a relationship with a man in the author's life: \u003ci\u003eThe Pharmacist's Mate\u003c\/i\u003e with her recently deceased father, and \u003ci\u003e8\u003c\/i\u003e with \"my pedophile\" (as Fusselman painfully refers to her childhood assailant). Along the way, Fusselman covers sea shanties and artificial insemination, World War II and AC\/DC, alternative healers and monster-truck videos. Fusselman's \"wholly original epigrammatic style\" (\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e) \"makes the world strange again, a place where dying and making life are equally mysterious and miraculous activities\" (\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"McSweeney's Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182361592048,"sku":"9781944211134","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781944211134_p0.jpg?v=1763792134","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781944211134","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}