{"product_id":"here-lies-paperback-1","title":"Here Lies - 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\u003eOlivia Clare Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe debut novel from the \"Munro-esque\" (\u003cem\u003eHouston Post\u003c\/em\u003e) author of \u003cem\u003eDisasters in the First World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHere Lies\u003c\/em\u003e is Olivia Clare Friedman's visceral and portentous look at mourning, memory, and motherhood in an alternate Louisiana ravaged by climate change.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLouisiana, 2042. Spurred by the effects of climate change, states have closed graveyards and banned burials, making cremation mandatory and the ashes of loved ones state-owned unless otherwise claimed. In the small town of St. Genevieve, Alma lives alone and struggles to grieve in the wake of her young mother Naomi's death, during which Alma failed to honor Naomi's final wishes. Now, Alma decides to fight to reclaim Naomi's ashes, a journey of unburial that will bring into her life a mysterious and fiercely loyal stranger, Bordelon, who appears in St. Genevieve after a storm, as well as a group of strong, rebellious local women who, together, teach Alma anew the meaning of family and strength.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith poignance, poeticism, and deep insight in \u003cem\u003eHere Lies, \u003c\/em\u003e Olivia Clare Friedman gives us a stunning portrait of motherhood, friendship, and humanity in an alternate American South torn asunder by global warming. This is a stunning first novel from a unique and inventive writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlivia Clare Friedman is the author of the story collection \u003cem\u003eDisasters in the First World\u003c\/em\u003e and a poetry collection \u003cem\u003eThe 26-Hour Day\u003c\/em\u003e. Her fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review, The O. Henry Prize Stories, Granta, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern\u003c\/em\u003e, among other publications. Raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she teaches Creative Writing at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she holds the title of Nina Bell Suggs Endowed Professor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47244299567353,"sku":"9780802160447","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/T2c3U1NVT01hNWlvTlMybk85ZExoQT09_5b2fb95f-c953-4548-b3ba-2426207a8f57.webp?v=1768591116","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/here-lies-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}