{"product_id":"how-to-be-eaten-9780316450843","title":"How to Be Eaten","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Maria Adelmann\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of NPR's Best Books of the Year: This darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in a support group for trauma.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In present-day New York City, five women meet in a basement support group to process their traumas. Bernice grapples with the fallout of dating a psychopathic, blue-bearded billionaire. Ruby, once devoured by a wolf, now wears him as a coat. Gretel questions her memory of being held captive in a house made of candy. Ashlee, the winner of a Bachelor-esque dating show, wonders if she really got her promised fairy tale ending. And Raina's love story will shock them all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though the women start out wary of one another, judging each other's stories, gradually they begin to realize that they may have more in common than they supposed . . . What really brought them here? What secrets will they reveal? And is it too late for them to rescue each other? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ​Dark, edgy, and wickedly funny, this debut for readers of Carmen Maria Machado, Kristen Arnett, and Kelly Link takes our coziest, most beloved childhood stories, exposes them as anti-feminist nightmares, and transforms them into a new kind of myth for grown-up women. \u003cp\u003e *Belletrist June Book Club Pick* \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Named a Best Book of May by \u003ci\u003eTIME Magazine \u0026amp; Glamour\u003c\/i\u003e One of NPR's Best Books of the Year \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45148960260247,"sku":"9780316450843","price":1894.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780316450843.webp?v=1767911960","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/how-to-be-eaten-9780316450843","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}