{"product_id":"9781641295321","title":"Aesthetica","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn  a debut novel as radiant as it is caustic, a former  influencer  confronts her past—and takes inventory of the damages that  underpin the  surface-glamour of social media.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt  19, she was an Instagram celebrity. Now, at 35, she works behind the  cosmetic counter at the “black and white store,” peddling anti-aging  products to women seeking physical and spiritual transformation. She too  is seeking rebirth. She’s about to undergo the high-risk, elective  surgery Aesthetica™, a procedure that will reverse all her past plastic  surgery procedures, returning her, she hopes, to a truer self. Provided  she survives the knife.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut on the eve of the surgery, her  traumatic past resurfaces when she is asked to participate in the public  takedown of her former manager\/boyfriend, who has rebranded himself as a  paragon of “woke” masculinity in the post-#MeToo world. With the hours  ticking down to her surgery, she must confront the ugly  truth about her experiences on and off the Instagram grid.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePropulsive, dark, and moving, \u003ci\u003eAesthetica\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eVeronica\u003c\/i\u003e for  the age of “Instagram face,” delivering a fresh, nuanced examination of  feminism, #MeToo, and mother-daughter relationships, all while  confronting our collective addiction to followers, filters, and faux  realities.","brand":"Allie Rowbottom","offers":[{"title":"Soho Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-10-03","offer_id":44227675291903,"sku":"9781641295321","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4689a951-fac2-40b4-a469-f056df461c28.jpg?v=1692921130","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781641295321","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}