{"product_id":"book-of-dahlia-book-elisa-albert-9780743291309","title":"Book of Dahlia","description":"From the author of the critically acclaimed story collection \u003ci\u003eHow This Night Is Different\u003c\/i\u003e comes a dark, arresting, fearlessly funny story of one young woman's terminal illness. In \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Dahlia\u003c\/i\u003e, Elisa Albert walks a dazzling line between gravitas and irreverence, mining an exhilarating blend of skepticism and curiosity, compassion and candor, high and low culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meet Dahlia Finger: twenty-nine, depressed, whip-smart, occasionally affable, bracingly honest, resolutely single, and perennially unemployed. She spends her days stoned in front of the TV, watching the same movies repeatedly, like a form of prayer. But Dahlia's so-called life is upended by an aggressive, inoperable brain tumor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stunned and uncomprehending, Dahlia must work toward reluctant emotional reckoning with the aid of a questionable self-help guide. She obsessively revisits the myriad heartbreaks, disappointments, rages, and regrets that comprise the story of her life -- from her parents' haphazard Israeli courtship to her kibbutz conception; from the role of beloved daughter and little sister to that of abandoned, suicidal adolescent; from an affluent childhood in Los Angeles to an aimless existence in the gentrified wilds of Brooklyn; from a girl with options to a girl with none -- convinced that cancer struck because she herself is somehow at fault. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With her take-no-prisoners perspective, her depressive humor, and her extreme vulnerability, Dahlia Finger is an unforgettable anti-heroine. This staggering portrait of one young woman's life and death confirms Elisa Albert as a witty, incisive (\u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e) and even wonder-inducing writer (\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49651279921425,"sku":"GOR013561102","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49927659356433,"sku":"CIN0743291301G","price":3.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50747960623377,"sku":"GOR002140721","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51006432805137,"sku":"NIN9780743291309","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51332092887313,"sku":"CIN0743291301A","price":3.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0743291301.jpg?v=1751106374","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/book-of-dahlia-book-elisa-albert-9780743291309","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}