{"product_id":"sympathy-for-wild-girls-stories","title":"Sympathy for Wild Girls: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA debut collection of surreal, skin-piercing stories about the boundless longing of queer Black women.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA runaway seeks shelter from violence with a pack of wild coyotes. A young woman falls into a hypocritical crew of white Christian YouTube influencers. A mother witnesses her daughter's prophecy about the end of the world come true. In \u003ci\u003eSympathy for Wild Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, young Black women yearn for intimacy and hunt for belonging in a subtly warped version of our world, where social mores loom like shadows and bigotry shape-shifts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkirting the chasms that lurk in our common notions of \"girlhood\"--and their heightened peril for queer women of color--Demree McGhee's characters track the prints of their desire and pain to the edges of reality, finding refuge in unlikely places. Fighting self-loathing and societal abuse, they explore the bounds of their feral strength and ugliest truths, howling at the moon to be known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049107308780,"sku":"9781558613386","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/2987\/3644\/files\/imageloader_154b1057-7b1b-46ab-8f62-fb6cc6101d72.jpg?v=1764623937","url":"https:\/\/www.gladysbooksandwine.com\/products\/sympathy-for-wild-girls-stories","provider":"Gladys Books \u0026 Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}