{"product_id":"in-the-dream-house-a-memoir","title":"In the Dream House: A Memoir","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\" class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIn the Dream House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd it’s that struggle that gives the book its original structure: each chapter is driven by its own narrative trope―the haunted house, erotica, the bildungsroman―through which Machado holds the events up to the light and examines them from different angles. She looks back at her religious adolescence, unpacks the stereotype of lesbian relationships as safe and utopian, and widens the view with essayistic explorations of the history and reality of abuse in queer relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMachado’s dire narrative is leavened with her characteristic wit, playfulness, and openness to inquiry. She casts a critical eye over legal proceedings, fairy tales, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStar Trek\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and Disney villains, as well as iconic works of film and fiction. The result is a wrenching, riveting book that explodes our ideas about what a memoir can do and be.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGraywolf Press \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: December 1, 2020\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePaperback ‏ : ‎\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e272 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1644450380\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e978-1644450383\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eItem Weight ‏ : ‎\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11.8 ounces\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5.59 x 0.88 x 8.25 inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGraywolf Press; 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