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''Feral'' Jenny Offill, author of Weather''Horny'' Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl''Hilarious'' Chelsea Bieker, author of Mad WomanThe trip was supposed to be fun. When Kit''s best friend gets dumped by his boyfriend, he begs her to ditch her family responsibilities for a quick, idyllic weekend away. They''ll soak in hot springs, then drink too much, like old times. Instead, their getaway only reminds Kit of everything she''s lost lately: her wildness, her independence and - most heartbreakingly of all - her sister, Julie, who died a few years ago. When she returns home, Kit tries to settle the routine of caring for her irrepressible young daughter. But in the secret recesses of Kit''s mind, she''s fantasizing about the hot playground mum and reminiscing about the band she used to be in with her sister - and how they''d go out to the desert after shows and drop acid. Keye

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''Feral'' Jenny Offill, author of Weather''Horny'' Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl''Hilarious'' Chelsea Bieker, author of Mad WomanThe trip was supposed to be fun. When Kit''s best friend gets dumped by his boyfriend, he begs her to ditch her family responsibilities for a quick, idyllic weekend away. They''ll soak in hot springs, then drink too much, like old times. Instead, their getaway only reminds Kit of everything she''s lost lately: her wildness, her independence and - most heartbreakingly of all - her sister, Julie, who died a few years ago. When she returns home, Kit tries to settle the routine of caring for her irrepressible young daughter. But in the secret recesses of Kit''s mind, she''s fantasizing about the hot playground mum and reminiscing about the band she used to be in with her sister - and how they''d go out to the desert after shows and drop acid. Keye

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'The stories in Black Light are grimy and weird, surprising, utterly lush... I loved every moment of this book.' Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties_____________________A black light illuminates that which the eye doesn't see, uncovering what is hidden in plain sight.In this raw, compassionate, debut collection Kimberly King Parsons casts light onto the weird, the intimate, the eerie and the sublimely beautiful with unflinching gaze and ferocious eloquence. Over twelve crackling stories, each a glorious escape hatch, she captures the bright ache of first love, the claustrophobic shadows of desire, the obsessive nature of friendship and the rapturous pull of taboo. Filled with a frenetic longing for connection, her reckless yet resilient heroines exhilarate and charm as they pursue the promise of elsewhere.With psychedelic energy and deep humanity, Black Light chews over the messiness of being alive, the unsteadiness of hope and the ecstasies of coming of age.

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