{"product_id":"little-scratch","title":"little scratch","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dazzlingly original, shot-in-the-arm of a debut that reveals a young woman's every thought over the course of one deceptively ordinary day, in the formally innovative tradition of \u003ci\u003eGrief Is the Thing with Feathers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDucks, Newburyport\u003c\/i\u003e. - \u003cb\u003e\"Extraordinary.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe wakes up, goes to work. Watches the clock and checks her phone. But underneath this monotony there's something else going on: something under her skin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRelayed in interweaving columns that chart the feedback loop of memory, the senses, and modern distractions with wit and precision, our narrator becomes increasingly anxious as the day moves on: Is she overusing the heart emoji? Isn't drinking eight glasses of water a day supposed to fix everything? Why is the etiquette of the women's bathroom \u003ci\u003eso\u003c\/i\u003e fraught? How does she define rape? And why can't she stop scratching? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFiercely moving and slyly profound, \u003ci\u003elittle scratch\u003c\/i\u003e is a defiantly playful look at how our minds function in\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eand survive\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ethe darkest moments.","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833711734989,"sku":"9781984899217","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_e2fba5f1-f268-4d33-891d-a3c1fda49737.jpg?v=1790894439","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/little-scratch","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}