{"product_id":"log-of-the-s-s-the-mrs-unguentine","title":"Log of the S.S. the Mrs Unguentine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLog of the S.S. The Mrs. Unguentine\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of modern domestic life, a comic novel of closeness and difficulty, miscommunication and stubborn resolve. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Forty years ago I first linked up with Unguentine and we made love on twin-hulled catamarans, sails a-billow, bless the seas . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins the courtship of a certain Unguentine to the woman we know only as \"Mrs. Unguentine,\" the chronicler of their sad, fantastical tale. For forty years, they sail the seas together, alone on a giant land-covered barge of their own devising. They tend their gardens, raise a child, invent an artificial forest-all the while steering clear of civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRarely has a book so perfectly registered the secret solitude of marriage, how shared loneliness can result in a powerful bond.\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-12421653\"\u003eStanley Crawford\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.24d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628975628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628975628\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-FIC045010\"\u003eFamily Life | Marriage \u0026amp; Divorce\u003c\/a\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-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\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-FIC061000\"\u003eMagical Realism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStanley Crawford\u003c\/strong\u003e (1937-2024) wrote and farmed with his late wife Rosemary in Northern New Mexico from 1969 until his passing. He was the author of five novels and three works of nonfiction and was the recipient of two NEA writing fellowships and a three-year Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Writing Award. In his later years, he taught at Colorado College and with the UMass Amherst MFA Writing Program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBen Marcus\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Chicago in 1967. The son of a mathematician and a literary scholar, he was raised in the Midwest, Austin, London, Aarhus, and New York. He holds degrees from New York University and Brown University, and has taught at schools in Texas, Virginia, New York, and Rhode Island. In addition to \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Wire and String\u003c\/em\u003e, he is also the author of \u003cem\u003eNotable American Women, Leaving the Sea, New American Stories, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eNotes from the Fog\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48462847443181,"sku":"9781628975628","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_81ddff05-68f7-4f52-89db-3ce98cb50f43.jpg?v=1753710063","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/log-of-the-s-s-the-mrs-unguentine","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}