{"product_id":"stony-river-paperback","title":"Stony River - 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\u003eTricia Dower\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDower's depiction of postwar family and small-town dysfunction is reminiscent of MacDonald's \u003ci\u003eThe Way the Crow Flies\u003c\/i\u003e. Pivotal events in Stony River were  also] inspired by a true crime. --\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA taut, compelling portrait of a small town's underbelly. With sinister imagery and crisp, evocative prose, Dower pulls back the cloak of 1950s 'innocence' to expose the ugly secrets that lie in wait, teeth grown sharp in the dark. --Billie Livingston, \u003ci\u003eOne Good Hustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThink \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e but even madder. --\u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDower does an excellent job chronicling the formative years of her central trio in a coming-of-age story that effectively tackles heavy subjects including domestic abuse, mental illness, and rape. --\u003ci\u003eQuill\u0026amp;Quire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt wasn't all poodle skirts and rock 'n' roll--in Stony River, the 1950s was a perilous time to come of age. Absent mothers, controlling fathers, teenage longing and small-town pretense abound, with the threat of violence all around: crazy fathers, dirty boys, strange men in strange cars, one dead girl, one never seen, and another gone missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTricia Dower\u003c\/b\u003e is a native of New Jersey. Her short fiction has been published in the US, Canada, and Portugal. She won \u003ci\u003eThe Malahat Review\u003c\/i\u003e's 2010 fiction literary award and \u003ci\u003esubTerrain\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's 2015 Literary Awards for creative nonfiction. Her story collection \u003ci\u003eSilent Girl\u003c\/i\u003e (Inanna 2008) was long-listed for the Frank O'Connor Award and the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature. \u003ci\u003eStony River\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in Canada (Penguin, 2012) and shortlisted for the Canadian Authors Association Fiction Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTricia Dower was born in Rahway, New Jersey. A graduate of Gettysburg College, she now writes in British Columbia, where she serves on the board of the Victoria School of Writing. Her short fiction has appeared in magazines in the United States, Canada and Portugal. She won first prize for fiction in The Malahat Review's 2010 literary awards and first prize for creative nonfiction in subTerrain magazine's 2015 Literary Awards. Her story collection Silent Girl (Inanna 2008) was long-listed for the Frank O'Connor Award and the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature. Her novel Stony River was first published in Canada (Penguin Canada 2012) and shortlisted for the Canadian Authors Association Fiction Award. Caitlin Press will publish her second novel, Becoming Lin, in Canada in 2016. Her website: www.triciadower.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47248711057657,"sku":"9781935248866","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TThPWjVRQnlhdENlOXVGZUlXcGcrZz09.webp?v=1768640860","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/stony-river-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}