{"product_id":"scary-old-sex-9781632862341","title":"Scary Old Sex","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed debut collection of short stories by practicing psychiatrist Arlene Heyman--a work of bliss that lifts right off the page. (Dwight Garner  NYT)  A woman goes about certain rituals of sex with her second husband  sharing the bed with the ghosts of her sexual past. A beautiful young art student embarks on an affair with a much older  married  famous artist. A middle-aged woman struggles with the decline of her mother  once glamorous and still commanding; their fraught relationship causes unexpected feelings  both shaming and brutal. A man finds that his father has died while in the midst of extra-marital sex and wonders what he should do with the body. And a boy sits in his Calculus class  fantasizing about a schoolmates breasts and worrying about his father lying in hospital  as outside his classroom window the Twin Towers begin to fall.  In this stunning  taboo-breaking debut  Arlene Heyman  a practicing psychiatrist  gives us what really goes on in peoples minds  relationships  and beds. Raw  tender  funny  truthful and often shocking  Scary Old Sex is a fierce exploration of the chaos and beauty of life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276559900725,"sku":"ByrdShop_1632862344","price":96.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781632862341.jpg?v=1780555562","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/scary-old-sex-9781632862341","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}