{"product_id":"hallelujah-station-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Hallelujah Station and Other Stories - 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\u003eM. Randal O'Wain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. Randal O'Wain's debut short story collection, \u003ci\u003eHallelujah Station and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, introduces readers to a wide and diverse cast of characters struggling with and responding to changes and loss. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese gritty and poignant stories follow the tragic parts of life, the pieces that may neither start nor end in comfortable resolution and the pieces that make up complex realities. In the first story, a former drug dealer reflects on a life-changing decision he made years ago that ended up hurting the person he most wanted to protect. Later in the collection, we meet a would-be robber who turns out to be the hero. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eO'Wain's characters are often deeply flawed or totally lost, but in each instance, these traits reveal the characters as real, compassionate, and, ultimately, human. Sprinkled with humor and heartache, O'Wain's stories bring us into contact with the curious, the tragic, and the authentic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. Randal O'Wain\u003c\/b\u003e holds an MFA from Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMeander Belt: family, loss, and coming of age in the working-class South\u003c\/i\u003e (American Lives Series, 2019) and \u003ci\u003eHallelujah Station and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (Autumn House Press, 2020) His essays and short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Pinch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBooth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHotel Amerika\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003estorySouth\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. O'Wain teaches both fiction and creative nonfiction in the creative writing program at the University of North Carolina and lives in Durham, NC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264552091897,"sku":"9781938769597","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/YNDxoCAkwD9781938769597.webp?v=1768832555","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/hallelujah-station-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}