{"product_id":"9781625341334-bewildered","title":"Bewildered: Stories (Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStories\u003cbr\u003eIncludes ten stories that examine small world disruptions - mistimed infatuations, devastating diagnoses, the realizations inherent in loss. The characters look up from what they assumed were ordinary lives amazed to discover where they find themselves.\u003cbr\u003eThis is a world of secret-sharers, a noisy world full of unimaginable silence,” claims one of the characters in this compelling debut collection. The ten stories in \u003cem\u003eBewildered\u003c\/em\u003e examine small world disruptions - mistimed infatuations, devastating diagnoses, the realizations inherent in loss. Characters look up from what they assumed were ordinary lives amazed to discover where they find themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFamiliar landscapes - city streets, coastal towns emptied of tourists, suburban neighborhoods—are backdrops for unfulfilled dreams: the luckiest man alive arouses the suspicions of those he most wants to befriend, a grieving lover invites herself into another’s life, a young girl discovers her tea leaves reveal nothing as life-altering as those of her friend, the straying husband pays a debt for his and his son’s obsessions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories ask: Can you live any way forever? What links them is what links all of us: the desire to belong, the need to heal, the fear of what happens next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55421426532726,"sku":"9781625341334","price":20.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_16636891_jpg.jpg?v=1742889533","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781625341334-bewildered","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}