{"product_id":"dreadful-young-ladies-and-other-stories","title":"Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exquisite collection of haunting, magical stories from Newbery Medalist Kelly Barnhill\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Mrs. Sorensen's husband dies, she rekindles a long-dormant love with an unsuitable mate in \"Mrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch.\" In \"Open the Door and the Light Pours Through,\" a young man wrestles with grief and his sexuality in an exchange of letters with his faraway beloved. \"Dreadful Young Ladies\" demonstrates the strength and power--known and unknown--of the imagination. In \"Notes on the Untimely Death of Ronia Drake,\" a witch is haunted by the deadly repercussions of a spell. \"The Insect and the Astronomer\" upends expectations about good and bad, knowledge and ignorance, love and longing. The World Fantasy Award-winning novella \"The Unlicensed Magician\" introduces the secret magical life of an invisible girl once left for dead--with thematic echoes of Barnhill's Newbery Medal-winning novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Drank the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With bold, reality-bending invention underscored by richly illuminated universal themes of love, death, jealousy, and hope, the stories in \u003ci\u003eDreadful Young Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e show why its author has been hailed as \"a fantasist on the order of Neil Gaiman\" (\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e). This collection cements Barnhill's place as one of the wittiest, most vital and compelling voices in contemporary literature.","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943880687847,"sku":"9781616209247","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_488e9405-df2e-46d2-a99f-8515232a67e2.jpg?v=1775344139","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/dreadful-young-ladies-and-other-stories","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}