--- product_id: 252950169 title: "In the Dream House: A Memoir" price: "100.56 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/252950169-in-the-dream-house-a-memoir store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # In the Dream House: A Memoir **Price:** 100.56 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** In the Dream House: A Memoir - **How much does it cost?** 100.56 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/252950169-in-the-dream-house-a-memoir) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming. And it’s that struggle that gives the book its original structure: each chapter is driven by its own narrative trope―the haunted house, erotica, the bildungsroman―through which Machado holds the events up to the light and examines them from different angles. She looks back at her religious adolescence, unpacks the stereotype of lesbian relationships as safe and utopian, and widens the view with essayistic explorations of the history and reality of abuse in queer relationships. Machado’s dire narrative is leavened with her characteristic wit, playfulness, and openness to inquiry. She casts a critical eye over legal proceedings, fairy tales, Star Trek , and Disney villains, as well as iconic works of film and fiction. The result is a wrenching, riveting book that explodes our ideas about what a memoir can do and be. Review: Dark, but hopeful, good read - Excellent crafty book. One of the best things I've gone through in a while, not just in a plot sense, but I really did connect with our narrator. The use of time and perspective is so refreshing and unique. Excited to visit some of her other work in the future! Review: gripping writing, sad story, unfinished. - beautifully written! is it a memoir? carmen says a lot about what happened to her but reveals very little of how she coped -- and her recovery process. the refrain of lesbian violence and abuse not being catalogued ends up overshadowing the narrative. as a queer survivor of abuse in a same-sex relationship, this book feels like SO MANY of the things i have lived and stories i've heard; so who is carmen's audience? straight people who need convincing? why? as other reviewers, i was also deeply disturbed by the "i would do it all again" line at the end (and would be very disturbed if in a similar situation my partner said that to me in an effort to be.. romantic?). i want carmen to dive more deeply and directly into her own mental health issues related to this abuse and tell more about her coping and recovery -- but it's not my book. it just feels like i've read the first part of something, not the whole work. it feels unfinished... ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #29,506 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #22 in LGBTQ+ Biographies (Books) #342 in Women's Biographies #483 in Memoirs (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 7,787 Reviews | ## Images ![In the Dream House: A Memoir - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/910eqkZsoZL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dark, but hopeful, good read *by P***C on May 26, 2026* Excellent crafty book. One of the best things I've gone through in a while, not just in a plot sense, but I really did connect with our narrator. The use of time and perspective is so refreshing and unique. Excited to visit some of her other work in the future! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ gripping writing, sad story, unfinished. *by S***N on May 23, 2021* beautifully written! is it a memoir? carmen says a lot about what happened to her but reveals very little of how she coped -- and her recovery process. the refrain of lesbian violence and abuse not being catalogued ends up overshadowing the narrative. as a queer survivor of abuse in a same-sex relationship, this book feels like SO MANY of the things i have lived and stories i've heard; so who is carmen's audience? straight people who need convincing? why? as other reviewers, i was also deeply disturbed by the "i would do it all again" line at the end (and would be very disturbed if in a similar situation my partner said that to me in an effort to be.. romantic?). i want carmen to dive more deeply and directly into her own mental health issues related to this abuse and tell more about her coping and recovery -- but it's not my book. it just feels like i've read the first part of something, not the whole work. it feels unfinished... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ YES YES YES!!! *by T***N on November 10, 2019* A 1000x better than expected, and I expected nothing short of holy scripture. Months earlier I stumbled upon the description and knew this book would be monumental. As early reviews crept in, my anticipation grew. I had my Kindle fully charged and stayed up until midnight so I could start reading the second it released. By 2am I was 30% done. A few marathon readings later, I reached the last page with breathless finality. The result? Monumental doesn't even begin to cover it. The funny thing, it's not monumental because of what happens. Bad relationships happen all the time. Abusive relationships, mental and/or physical, happen all the time. It's talked about less in queer relationships, that's true, and Machado does a great job pointing that out, but I doubt anybody will be dumbfounded by what they read. They will be surprised, however, that there's someone brave enough to talk about it, and by how personal she's willing to get. They will be surprised by how she structures it. The structure really is what makes this a masterpiece. It's not just the experience, it's the delivery. The darkest memories are brilliantly conveyed in second person and through varying lens. Most of them literary devices. Machado recounts her life through the eyes of Chekhov's Gun, Choose Your Own Adventure, Haunted House, Erotica, Plot Twist, and dozens more. Each section is short and precise. Never a wasted word. For those uncomfortable reading about abuse, she doesn't take it too far either. This isn't battered woman porn. She doesn't go on and on. We get snippets, glimpses of a life that we can easily piece together, and, more importantly, relate to. What she accomplishes for the queer community specifically, I think, is breaking the ice. After hard-fought battles for marriage equality, there's this unspoken rule that gay relationships must work. If they don't, people will point and say I told you so. By extension, rights may be taken away. Obviously that's not the only factor that kept Machado in her relationship. It may not even be in the Top 10, but it is a shadow that hovers over the scene. She points to lesbian stereotypes as well. Society expects men to be abusive, but two women? Their relationship should be a utopia, right? These stereotypes, this ice, is something she clearly wants to break apart. And she succeeds tremendously. Of course you don't have to be queer to recognize this is a master work of memoir and creative non-fiction. It is a testament that all experiences, however ordinary or unique, should be shared. Perhaps the most powerful aspect of the book is the relentless honesty. She veils it slightly by the structure and 2nd person, but in a way this makes the experience more real. More true. And the accomplishment, I think, is for any one person to read this and be able to know that, for sure, they are not alone. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/252950169-in-the-dream-house-a-memoir](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/252950169-in-the-dream-house-a-memoir) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-07-23*