{"product_id":"the-flicker-of-old-dreams-9780062686701","title":"The Flicker of Old Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHigh Plains Book Award Winner for\u003cbr\u003eFiction \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eWestern Writers of America\u003cbr\u003eSpur Award Winner for Best Contemporary Western Novel \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003e WILLA Literary Award Winner\u003cbr\u003ein Contemporary Fiction \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eMontana Book Award Honor Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith the quiet precision of Jane Smiley's \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Acres\u003c\/em\u003e and the technical clarity of Mary Roach's \u003cem\u003eStiff\u003c\/em\u003e, this is a novel about a young woman who comes most alive while working in her father's mortuary in a small, forgotten Western town.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The dead come to me vulnerable, sharing their stories and secrets . . . \"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Crampton has spent all of her thirty years in Petroleum, a small Western town once supported by a powerful grain company. Living at home, she works as the embalmer in her father's mortuary: an unlikely job that has long marked her as an outsider. Yet, to Mary there is a satisfying art to positioning and styling each body to capture the essence of a subject's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough some townsfolk pretend that the community is thriving, the truth is that Petroleum is crumbling away--a process that began twenty years ago when an accident in the grain elevator killed a beloved high school athlete. The mill closed for good, the train no longer stopped in town, and Robert Golden, the victim's younger brother, was widely blamed for the tragedy and shipped off to live elsewhere. Now, out of the blue, Robert has returned to care for his terminally ill mother. After Mary--reserved, introspective, and deeply lonely--strikes up an unlikely friendship with him, shocking the locals, she finally begins to consider what might happen if she dared to leave Petroleum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the American West, \u003cem\u003eThe Flicker of Old Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e explores themes of resilience, redemption, and loyalty in prose as lyrical as it is powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Henderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062686701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2018 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenderson, Susan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSusan Henderson is a four-time Pushcart Prize nominee and the recipient of an Academy of American Poets Prize. She is the author of two novels, \u003cem\u003eThe Flicker of Old Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUp from the Blue\u003c\/em\u003e, both published by HarperCollins. Susan lives in Kings Park, New York and blogs at the writer support group, \u003cem\u003eLitPark\u003c\/em\u003e.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Susan Henderson \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48944162668701,"sku":"9780062686701","price":24.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_7b9248fb-4272-475d-aa7b-c3bc84e7b279.jpg?v=1790154694","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-flicker-of-old-dreams-9780062686701","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}