{"product_id":"the-jellyfish-lady","title":"The Jellyfish Lady","description":"\u003cp\u003eMiami. The convent sent me south to cool off. The convent had never met the ocean. The ocean had never met me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy Tuesday a Cuban in a white suit was teaching me the cha-cha. By Wednesday he was teaching me Spanish. I only learned the bad words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI couldn't swim. I told the lifeguard God would hold me up. He looked at me, looked at the sea, and asked if God had read my file.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven days in the shallow end in orange water wings. The children laughed. I took their names.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDay eight I swam past the rope. Nuns don't do ropes. We do vows. Different knot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI went down like a stone. Like a confession nobody wanted to hear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the bottom I said, Lord, I'm coming home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe said, not with that cigar you're not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen something with forty arms and no opinions scooped me up and carried me into the light. Soft. Patient. Didn't ask a single question about Key West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI lit a cigar to thank her. She stung the lifeguard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe jellyfish? Never saw her again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Cuban still writes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOwn the memory: a signed limited edition of 50, pigment on aluminum, in three sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FemTête","offers":[{"title":"16 x 24 in","offer_id":51825212850422,"sku":null,"price":1250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 x 30 in","offer_id":51825213505782,"sku":null,"price":1900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24 x 36 in","offer_id":51825213538550,"sku":null,"price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/2101\/1702\/files\/the-jellyfish-lady-2x3.jpg?v=1791699619","url":"https:\/\/femtete.com\/products\/the-jellyfish-lady","provider":"FemTête","version":"1.0","type":"link"}