{"product_id":"mending-bodies","title":"Mending Bodies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a failing city, a government program promises renewal through an unsettling solution: couples are encouraged to become permanently \"conjoined\" through surgery. Marketed as a path to economic recovery, environmental restoration, and personal fulfillment, the program gradually reshapes society's understanding of love, sacrifice, and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA graduate student researching the history of the initiative begins to suffer from severe insomnia as the pressures around her intensify. Surrounded by friends and institutions insisting that conjoining is both a personal duty and a public good, she finds herself questioning whether autonomy is worth preserving. Blending body horror with political allegory, \u003cem\u003eMending Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e is a chilling and deeply original novel about intimacy, conformity, and the forces that shape our desires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTalia Lakshmi Kolluri is an American writer whose fiction explores power, identity, ecology, and the tensions between individual freedom and collective responsibility. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies, earning praise for its imaginative scope and psychological depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo Lines Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOctober 14, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e248\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Fiction · Speculative Fiction · Body Horror · Political Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9781949641769\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45223018954934,"sku":"9781949641769","price":27.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781949641769.jpg?v=1782569136","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/mending-bodies","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}