{"product_id":"train-shots-paperback-1","title":"Train Shots - 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\u003eVanessa Blakeslee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIPPY Gold Medal Winner (short story collections) \u003cbr\u003e Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award Long List\u003cbr\u003e Sherwood Anderson Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA single mother rents a fundamentalist preacher's carriage house. A pop star contemplates suicide in the hotel where Janis Joplin died. A philandering ex-pat doctor gets hooked on morphine while reeling from his wife's death. And in the title story, a train engineer, after running over a young girl on his tracks, grapples with the pervasive question-what propels a life toward such a disastrous end?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRendered in a style both generous and intelligent, the men and women at the center of these subtle stories are driven by their unusual predicaments and preoccupations. Rife with dark humor, Blakeslee's snapshots illuminate the idiosyncratic and the mundane in energetic, bristling prose that marks the arrival of a powerful new voice. Stories from this collection first appeared in The Southern Review, Green Mountains Review, Harpur Palate, Cimarron Review, The Madison Review, Going Down Swinging, and Skidrow Penthouse, among other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 145\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265638514937,"sku":"9780984953844","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/P7eyYy9ywT9780984953844_96633d6b-9d1d-4d30-9477-cae2b76cb941.webp?v=1768843743","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/train-shots-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}