{"product_id":"dog-years-paperback-2","title":"Dog Years - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelissa Yancy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2016 DRUE HEINZ LITERATURE PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Winner of the 2017 California Book Awards, \u003c\/b\u003e first fiction category \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of these richly layered stories juxtapose the miracles of modern medicine against the inescapable frustrations of everyday life: awkward first dates, the indignities of air travel, and overwhelming megastore cereal aisles. In \"Go Forth,\" an aging couple attends a kidney transplant reunion, where donors and recipients collide with unexpected results; in \"Hounds,\" a woman who runs a facial reconstruction program for veterans nurses her dying dog while recounting the ways she has used sex as both a weapon and a salve; and in \"Consider this Case,\" a lonely fetal surgeon caring for his aesthete father must reconsider sexuality and the lengths people will go to have children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Melissa Yancy's personal experience in the milieus of hospitals, medicine, and family services infuse her narratives with a rare texture and gravity. Keenly observed, offering both sharp humor and humanity, these stories explore the ties that bind--both genetic and otherwise--and the fine line between the mundane and the maudlin. Whether the men or women that populate these pages are contending with illness, death, or parenthood, the real focus is on time and our inability to slow its progression, and to revel in those moments we can control.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelissa Yancy's \u003c\/b\u003eshort fiction has appeared in\u003ci\u003e One Story, Glimmer Train, Zyzzyva, \u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. She is the recipient of a 2016 NEA Literature Fellowship. Stories from \u003ci\u003eDog Years\u003c\/i\u003e have won the \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/i\u003e Fiction Open, The \u003ci\u003eMissouri Review\u003c\/i\u003e Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize, and received special mention in the \u003ci\u003ePushcart Prize\u003c\/i\u003e. Yancy lives in Los Angeles where she works as a fundraiser for healthcare causes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 24, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48320844792057,"sku":"9780822965190","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/vvZTi4XaPM9780822965190_8de334a9-1dc6-4218-bc5b-cb2b2d745a8d.webp?v=1777114607","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/dog-years-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}