{"product_id":"lucky-bodies-essays-9781682832523","title":"Lucky Bodies: Essays","description":"A mother is a myth, a figure, a body. Through a series of essays spanning the political to the personal, \u003ci\u003eLucky Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e reckons with motherhood. Marianne Jay Erhardt's striking debut takes inventory of what we demand and withhold from mothers, and what counts as care. \u003cp\u003ePlucking stars from the constellation of stories that have shaped her own emergence as a mother, she explores fables, family, religion, fairy tales, television, mythology, and games, all with exceptional wit and empathy. Erhardt considers the nature of care alongside \u003ci\u003ePeter Pan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhere the Wild Things Are\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLittle House on the Prairie\u003c\/i\u003e. She reassembles memory with Busby Berkely chorus girls, 90's TV commercials, and a mid-Atlantic hurricane. She grieves her father's death and the wreckage of war through Aesop and discovers how little the Mother of God says out loud in The Bible. She reimagines Red Riding Hood's wolf, reflects on faith with Bigfoot and repurposes a Covid wellness survey to take stock of our collective isolation, asking readers, \"How alone are you?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout \u003ci\u003eLucky Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e, Erhardt establishes herself as a memoiric cultural critic, imagining how we might make and inhabit stories that cultivate an ethic of care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marianne Jay Erhardt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Tech University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Iron Horse Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682832523\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas Tech University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43398034522249,"sku":"9781682832523","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_4ce0a0f3-9f59-4227-88d7-920666875149.jpg?v=1740473847","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/lucky-bodies-essays-9781682832523","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}