{"product_id":"it-falls-gently-all-around-and-other-stories-9780822967101","title":"It Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2023 Sergio Troncoso Award for Best Book of Fiction, Texas Institute of Letters\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Happiness and connection prove fickle in this debut collection of eleven linked stories introducing Babbie and Donnie. She is a thrice-divorced former call girl, and he is a sobriety-challenged trucker turned yogi. Along with their community of exes, in-laws, and coworkers, Babbie and Donnie share a longing to reforge their lives, a task easier said than done in Mobile, Alabama, which bears its own share of tainted history. Despite overwhelming challenges and the ever-looming specters of status, race, and class, the characters in \u003ci\u003eIt Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003estrive for versions of the American dream through modern and often unconventional means. Told with humor and honesty, these stories remind us not only about the fallibility of being human and the resistance of some to change but also about finding redemption in unlikely places. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15175651\"\u003eRamona Reeves\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 221\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 8.10h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822967101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822967103\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\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRamona Reeves \u003c\/b\u003egrew up in Alabama. She has won the Nancy D. Hargrove Editors' Prize and been an A Room of Her Own fellow and a resident at the Kimmel Nelson Harding Center for the Arts. Her writing has appeared in the\u003ci\u003e Southampton Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew South\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBayou Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Highways\u003c\/i\u003e, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44483341254893,"sku":"9780822967101","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_41488422-9ad3-47c3-b13d-f4d94e407e64.jpg?v=1700772450","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/it-falls-gently-all-around-and-other-stories-9780822967101","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}