{"product_id":"a-wall-of-bright-dead-feathers-stories-9780965746892","title":"A Wall of Bright Dead Feathers: Stories","description":"Winner, 2022 Texas Institute of Letters Sergio Troncoso Award for Best First Book of Fiction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach of the flawed, fully human characters we meet in these twelve stories faces a moment of life-altering transformation. Most are newcomers to the scenic, rolling countryside of central Texas whose charms they romanticize, even as the troubles they hoped to leave behind persist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young pianist struggles to keep her emotionally fragile boyfriend alive; a displaced New Yorker's ambivalence with guns results in two fractured families; an oil man gambles on his estranged daughter's integrity. The complicated history of this German-Czech region, where the stories are set, anchors the experience of two young artists who make a costly decision in 1862. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn graceful and precise, often lyrical, prose, Fraser Hale immerses us in lives whose superficial privilege provides no real protection against the unexpected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14124045\"\u003eBabette Fraser Hale\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Winedale Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780965746892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0965746895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBABETTE FRASER HALE's short fiction has won the Meyerson Award from \u003ci\u003eSouthwest Review\u003c\/i\u003e, a creative artist award from the Cultural Arts Council of Houston, and was recognized among the \"other distinguished stories\" in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, 2015. She lives in central Texas and Houston with her husband and large, often muddy, dog.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winedale Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42653325197549,"sku":"9780965746892","price":17.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_e7f02fca-ebc7-4c72-a8d4-459a51f3824d.jpg?v=1649249056","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/a-wall-of-bright-dead-feathers-stories-9780965746892","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}