Now I'm Photogenic and Other Stories I Tell Myself - Paperback

$20.68

Now I'm Photogenic and Other Stories I Tell Myself - Paperback

Name: Now I'm Photogenic and Other Stories I Tell Myself - Paperback
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SKU: 9781625572172
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by Jill Rosenberg

$20.68

Book Overview

Winner of the 2024 St. Lawrence Book Award

Now I'm Photogenic and Other Stories I Tell Myself is a collection of ten playfully strange and unsettling stories, some realistic and some surreal. The characters in these pages feel alienated: from their communities and relationships, on the streets of wealthy suburbs, at the doctor's office, in classrooms and swimming pools, in their own homes and their own skin. They wonder: is it better to be alone, imagining the life you want, as fantastic and strange as you wish, or is it better to be in the real world with real people, even if that means you might be hurt, embarrassed, and misunderstood? What if the intensity of it all feels equally threatening and glorious?

In these stories, an angry father wishes he could be loving and gentle; a seven-year-old girl wants to be better at school and thin like her sister; an uncoordinated, awkward teenager is training to be an Olympic athlete. What would happen, we are left to wonder, if these characters brought their wild sides out into the light? What if they stopped trying to be normal?

ISBN	9781625572172
Author	Jill Rosenberg
Publisher	Black Lawrence Press
Genre	Literature
Format	Paperback
Published	May 2026
Language	ENG- English
Pages	148
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print