{"product_id":"state-champ-hilary-plum-hardcover","title":"State Champ -- Hilary Plum, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A searing portrait of political \u0026amp; personal desperation,\" (Andrea Lawlor), Plum's \u003ci\u003eState Champ \u003c\/i\u003eis a protest novel for our times.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eJezebel \u003c\/i\u003eBook Club Pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA high-school state champion runner turned college dropout, Angela is working as a receptionist at an abortion clinic when a \"heartbeat law\" criminalizes most abortions statewide. In the ensuing upheaval, her boss is arrested for providing illegal procedures and the clinic is shut down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAngela has never been either an activist or a model employee. But she gets why her boss didn't follow the rules. She decides to go on a hunger strike in the boarded-up clinic, to protest her boss's arrest and everything that's been lost. She'll draw on her skillset: the masochistic discipline of a runner, a history of self-destructive behavior, and a willingness to sleep on exam room tables (whose hygienic paper she uses as her diary). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAngela's protest is solitary, enraged, and a little messy, but it mobilizes a group of people around her-an ex who's a local journalist looking for a good story, the everyday people the clinic once served, and most especially a formidable anti-abortion activist named Janine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucid, strange, and deeply metal, \u003ci\u003e State Champ\u003c\/i\u003e cuts through the political rhetoric to explore the relationship between bodily autonomy and real freedom. Angela's story is about what abortion access means day-to-day and how much we are-in ways that can transform us-responsible for one another.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hilary Plum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.3\" H x 5.5\" L x 1\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781639735433\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51804080275755,"sku":"9781639735433","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781639735433.jpg?v=1774696034","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/state-champ-hilary-plum-hardcover","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}