{"product_id":"mannequin-and-wife-stories-9780807173916","title":"Mannequin and Wife: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMannequin and Wife, \u003c\/i\u003e the debut story collection from Jen Fawkes, sharp and imaginative tales trip seamlessly across borderlands, navigating comedy and tragedy, psychological and magical realism, the mundane and the marvelous. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers of these adventurous fictions will encounter a flock of stenographers, the strongest woman alive, a taxidermist with anger issues, an Elephant Girl, a fairy on her lunch break, and a married couple who live with a department store mannequin. Elsewhere, an American actor impersonates a code-breaking Britisher during World War II. A mother awaiting her son's return discovers his personal ad soliciting the services of a cannibal (and fears the worst). A criminal mastermind's prot g  plots the destruction of Mount Rushmore from within an extinct volcano. A man buys a drive-in theater and transforms it into a carnival sideshow. And an attorney puzzles over how to leave someone his deceased client's heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fawkes's award-winning stories examine the vagaries of human relationships--mother and child, husband and wife, mentor and prot g --to tease out the startling complications that arise from our entanglements with those we loathe and those we love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13460595\"\u003eJen Fawkes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\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 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807173916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807173916\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-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\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-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\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-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJen Fawkes\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eMannequin and Wife: Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (LSU Press, Sept. 2020), and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eTales the Devil Told Me\u003c\/i\u003e (Press 53, May 2021), winner of the 2020 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eOne Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrazyhorse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoyland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest Small Fictions \u003c\/i\u003e2020, and other venues. She is the winner of numerous prizes, including the 2019 \u003ci\u003ePinch\u003c\/i\u003e Award in Fiction and the 2019 John Gardner Memorial Fiction Prize from \u003ci\u003eHarpur Palate\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, with her husband and several imaginary friends.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42664688910573,"sku":"9780807173916","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_7b8433ab-f365-4f05-b483-ebd9f14098d0.jpg?v=1649409053","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/mannequin-and-wife-stories-9780807173916","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}