{"product_id":"you-are-here-hardcover-1","title":"You Are Here - Hardcover","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\u003eKarin Lin-Greenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lin-Greenberg's web of characters illustrate the complex lives of ordinary people.\" --\u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a once-bustling mall prepares to shut its doors for the final time, the residents of an upstate New York town must reckon with a shocking act that forces them to reevaluate who they are in this \"remarkable study of ordinary people's extraordinary inner lives\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe inhabitants of a small town have long found that their lives intersect at one focal point: the local shopping mall. But business is down, stores are closing, and as the institution breathes its last gasp, the people inside it dream of something different, something more. In its pages, \u003ci\u003eYou Are Here\u003c\/i\u003e brings this diverse group of characters vividly to life--flawed, real, lovable strangers who are wonderful company and prove unforgettable even after the last store has closed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe only hair stylist at Sunshine Clips secretly watches YouTube primers on how to draw and paint, just as her awkward young son covertly studies new illusions for his magic act. His friend and magician's assistant, a high school cashier in the food court, has attracted the unwanted attention of a strange boy at school. She tells no one except the mall's chain bookstore manager, a failed academic living in the tiny house he built in his mother-in-law's backyard. His family is watched over by the judgmental old woman next door, whose weekly trips to Sunshine Clips hide a complicated and emotional history and will spark the moment when everything changes for them all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring how the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves are inextricably bound to the places we call home, \u003ci\u003eYou Are Here \u003c\/i\u003eis a keenly perceptive and deeply humane portrait of a community in transition, ultimately illuminating the magical connections that can bloom from the ordinary wonder of our everyday lives.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKARIN LIN-GREENBERG\u003c\/b\u003e is a Chinese American, award-winning writer whose debut collection, \u003ci\u003e Faulty Predictions\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction and won gold in Foreword Reviews's INDIE Award in the Short Story category. Her second collection, \u003ci\u003eVanished\u003c\/i\u003e, was the winner of the Prairie Schooner Raz-Shumaker Book Prize in Fiction. She is the recipient of fellowships from MacDowell, the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, and the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop. Her fiction has appeared in publications including \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStory\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBoulevard\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short story \"The Sweeper of Hair,\" the basis of this novel's opening chapter, was a finalist for the Nelson Algren Literary Award and was published in the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e. Lin-Greenberg is an associate professor in the English Department at Siena College in upstate New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47242118332665,"sku":"9781640095434","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UFB2SFNzVnBRQjVMeWhmYTh4akJYZz09_5641b9ad-493d-4f92-83ec-2482dd9bc2e8.webp?v=1768585003","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/you-are-here-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}