{"product_id":"the-stone-girl-9780307931009","title":"The Stone Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe feels like a creature out of a fairy tale; a girl who discovers that her bones are really made out of stone  that her skin is really as thin as glass  that her hair is brittle as straw  that her tears have dried up so that she cries only salt. Maybe thats why it doesnt hurt when she presses hard enough to begin bleeding: it doesnt hurt  because shes not real anymore.  Sethie Weiss is hungry  a mean  angry kind of hunger that feels like a piece of glass in her belly. Shes managed to get down to 111 pounds and knows that with a little more hard worka few more meals skipped  a few more snacks vomited awayshe can force the number on the scale even lower. She will work on her body the same way she worked to get her perfect grades  to finish her college applications early  to get her first kiss from Shaw  the boy she loves  the boy who isnt quite her boyfriend.  Sethie will not allow herself one slip  not one bad day  not one break in concentration. Her body is there for her to work on when everything and everyone elseher best friend  her schoolwork  and Shaware gone.  From critically acclaimed writer Alyssa B. Sheinmel comes an unflinching and unparalleled portrayal of one girls withdrawal  until she is sinking like a stone into her own illness  her own lonelinessher own self.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276703490101,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307931005","price":63.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307931009.jpg?v=1780560726","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-stone-girl-9780307931009","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}