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Provoked by a mysterious ache in the bottom of her foot, Kaleena Madruga begins to investigate the sources of pain in her life. In a series of lyrical essays, she picks her way through dead-end waitressing jobs, a cheating husband, the potential of motherhood, encounters with lobsters, and a trip to the hospital with someone else's grandmother - all in her quest to face the truth of the question: Does It Hurt?

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"'This book is a mantra written by an old soul with a dazzling new voice. Read it to yourself in a loud whisper' - Jessica Anne, Mike Mother & A Manual for Nothing. ""Madruga captures all the absurdity and exaltation that come with living in a body prone to accidents, aging, injuries, and love."" - Kathleen Rooney, Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey. ""Madruga's essays take the reader on a journey through the body, from the hands to the heart and beyond..."" - Suzanne Scanlon, Promising Young Women and Her 37th Year, an Index ""Some of the rawest and most unflinching stuff I've read in years"" - Christian TeBordo, The Apology & Ghost Engine: Stories."

'This book is a mantra written by an old soul with a dazzling new voice. Read it to yourself in a loud whisper' - Jessica Anne, Mike Mother & A Manual for Nothing. Madruga captures all the absurdity and exaltation that come with living in a body prone to accidents, aging, injuries, and love. - Kathleen Rooney, Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey. Madruga's essays take the reader on a journey through the body, from the hands to the heart and beyond... - Suzanne Scanlon, Promising Young Women and Her 37th Year, an Index Some of the rawest and most unflinching stuff I've read in years - Christian TeBordo, The Apology & Ghost Engine: Stories.

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