{"title":"Erin Slaughter","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our Erin Slaughter collection, where you will find introspective and poignant works from a remarkable contemporary author. Erin Slaughter is an emerging voice in general fiction, capturing the intricacies of human emotions and relationships with her insightful prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn her notable work, \u003cem\u003eA Manual for How to Love Us\u003c\/em\u003e, Slaughter delves into the complexities of love and identity. Her storytelling is both tender and evocative, inviting readers to explore the profound connections that bind us together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're exploring themes of self-discovery or the nuances of emotional bonds, Erin Slaughter's books offer a meaningful journey through the tapestry of human experiences. Her works are a must-read for anyone seeking literature that resonates on a deeply personal level.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDelve into Erin Slaughter's literary world, and discover stories that will stay with you long after the final page is turned.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-manual-for-how-to-love-us-by-erin-slaughter-9780063230880","title":"A Manual for How to Love Us","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA debut, interlinked collection of stories exploring the primal nature of women’s grief—offering insight into the profound experience of loss and the absurd ways in which we seek control in an unruly world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeamlessly shifting between the speculative and the blindingly real, balancing the bizarre with the subtle brutality of the mundane, \u003cem\u003eA Manual for How to Love Us\u003c\/em\u003e is a tender portrait of women trying their best to survive, love, and find genuine meaning in the aftermath of loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn these unconventional and unpredictably connected stories, Erin Slaughter shatters the stereotype of the soft-spoken, sorrowful woman in distress, queering the domestic and honouring the feral in all of us. In each story, grieving women embrace their wildest impulses as they attempt to master their lives: one woman becomes a “gazer” at a fraternity house, another slowly moves into her otherworldly stained-glass art, a couple speaks only in their basement’s black box, and a thruple must decide what to do when one partner disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe women in Erin Slaughter’s stories suffer messy breaks, whisper secrets to the ghosts tangled in the knots of their hair, eat raw meat to commune with their inner wolves, and build deadly MLM schemes along the Gulf Coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet across oft-overlooked towns in the American South, \u003cem\u003eA Manual for How to Love Us\u003c\/em\u003e spotlights women who are living on the brink and clinging to its precipitous edge. Lyrical and surprisingly humorous, \u003cem\u003eA Manual for How to Love Us\u003c\/em\u003e is an exciting debut that reveals the sticky complications of living in a body, in all its grotesquerie and glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46670099185900,"sku":"9780063230880","price":56.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13512903482210.jpg?v=1752759052"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/erin-slaughter.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}