{"product_id":"girls-that-never-die","title":"Girls that Never Die","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGirls That Never Die\u003c\/em\u003e, award-winning poet Safia Elhillo reinvents the epic to explore Muslim girlhood and shame, the dangers of being a woman, and the myriad violences enacted and imagined against women’s bodies. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing from her own life and family histories, as well as cultural myths and news stories about honor killings and genital mutilation, she interlaces the everyday traumas of growing up a girl under patriarchy with magical realist imaginings of rebellion, autonomy, and power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElhillo writes a new world: women escape their stonings by birds that carry the rocks away; slain girls grow into two, like the hydra of lore, sprouting too numerous to ever be eradicated; circles of women are deemed holy, protected. Ultimately,\u003cem\u003e Girls That Never Die\u003c\/em\u003e is about wrestling ourselves from the threats of violence that constrain our lives, and instead looking to freedom and questioning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Safia Elhillo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62032237822339,"sku":"9781526665546","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/9781529077780_48.jpg?v=1784468894","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.com\/products\/girls-that-never-die","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}