{"product_id":"books-a-guide-to-being-born-by-ramona-ausubel","title":"A Guide To Being Born","description":"\u003cb\u003eReminiscent of Aimee Bender and Karen Russell, from the author of the new collection, \u003ci\u003eAwayland\u003c\/i\u003e-an enthralling book of stories that uses the world of the imagination to explore the heart of the human condition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Major literary talent Ramona Ausubel, author of \u003ci\u003eSons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty\u003c\/i\u003e, combines the otherworldly wisdom of her much-loved debut novel,\u003ci\u003eNo One Is Here Except All of Us\u003c\/i\u003e, with the precision of the short-story form.\u003ci\u003eA Guide to Being Born\u003c\/i\u003e is organized around the stages of life-love, conception, gestation, birth-and the transformations that happen as people experience deeply altering life events, falling in love, becoming parents, looking toward the end of life. In each of these eleven stories Ausubel's stunning imagination and humor are moving, entertaining, and provocative, leading readers to see the familiar world in a new way.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \"Atria\" a pregnant teenager believes she will give birth to any number of strange animals rather than a human baby; in \"Catch and Release\" a girl discovers the ghost of a Civil War hero living in the woods behind her house; and in \"Tributaries\" people grow a new arm each time they fall in love. Funny, surprising, and delightfully strange-all the stories have a strong emotional core; Ausubel's primary concern is always love, in all its manifestations.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53669218222353,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781594632686.jpg?v=1781506931","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-a-guide-to-being-born-by-ramona-ausubel","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}