{"product_id":"9781529115086-souvenir-museum","title":"The Souvenir Museum","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most acclaimed writers of our day, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to date.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In these stories, the mysterious bonds of family are tested, transformed, fractured, and fortified.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of my favourite writers' Nick Hornby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most acclaimed writers of our day, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to date.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA recent widower and his adult son ferry to a craggy Scottish island in search of puffins. An actress who plays a children's game-show villainess ushers in the New Year with her deadbeat half-brother. And on a trip to a water park with their son, two fathers each confront a deep-rooted personal fear. With sentences that crackle and spark and showcase her trademark wit, McCracken shows how the mysterious bonds of family are tested, transformed, fractured, and fortified.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'McCracken has a gift for spotting the comic potential in situations many of us have endured. Her prose is stippled with just-so observations' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'McCracken is a totally assured performer: even seemingly throwaway perceptions are often memorably poetic, and there is a hint of melancholy under the comedy' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This incisive, warm-blooded collection of stories is populated by outsiders. McCracken illuminates qualities of human nature through fragments of her characters' lives' \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40672738902113,"sku":"9781529115086","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32289367.jpg?v=1737126203","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529115086-souvenir-museum","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}