{"product_id":"the-souvenir-museum-stories-9780062971258","title":"The Souvenir Museum: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE STORY PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAward-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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these stories, the mysterious bonds of family are tested, transformed, fractured, and fortified. A 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. A mother, pining for her children, feasts on loaves of challah to fill the void. A new couple navigates a tightrope walk toward love. And on a trip to a Texas water park with their son, two fathers each confront a personal fear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith sentences that crackle and spark and showcase her trademark wit, McCracken traces how our closely held desires--for intimacy, atonement, comfort--bloom and wither against the indifferent passing of time. Her characters embark on journeys that leave them indelibly changed--and so do her readers. \u003cem\u003eThe Souvenir Museum \u003c\/em\u003eshowcases the talents of one of our finest contemporary writers as she tenderly takes the pulse of our collective and individual lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth McCracken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.35w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062971258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcCracken, Elizabeth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth McCracken\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of eight books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Hero of This Book\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Souvenir Museum\u003c\/em\u003e (long-listed for the National Book Award), \u003cem\u003eBowlaway\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThunderstruck \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the 2014 Story Prize and long-listed for the National Book Award), and \u003cem\u003eThe Giant's House\u003c\/em\u003e (a National Book Award finalist). Her stories have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories \u003c\/em\u003efive times, and have won three Pushcart Prizes, two National Magazine Awards, and an O. Henry Prize. She has served on the faculty at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and currently holds the James A. Michener Chair in Fiction at the University of Texas at Austin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Elizabeth McCracken \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":49001639346333,"sku":"9780062971258","price":25.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_cc24838f-18c3-45a1-8d39-58b305aee0b8.jpg?v=1791983165","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-souvenir-museum-stories-9780062971258","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}