{"product_id":"she-was-like-that-new-and-selected-stories-9781476799445","title":"She Was Like That: New and Selected Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of 2019 selection, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice book, and longlisted for the Story Prize--from the bestselling, highly acclaimed National Book Award nominee, \u003ci\u003eShe Was Like That\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"piercing, intimate, and exquisite\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) collection of new and selected stories that capture \"the joys and anxieties of motherhood\" (\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, Minneapolis).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these twelve deft, acutely funny, and often heartbreaking stories, \"Walbert captures with an unusual combination of restraint and rhapsody\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) the questions women ask themselves and the definitions assigned to them as wives, mothers, and daughters. Her characters are searchers, uneasy in one way or another. They yearn for connection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the riveting opening story \"M\u0026amp;M World,\" a woman is plunged into panic when she briefly loses one of her daughters at the vast and over-stimulating Times Square store. In \"Slow the Heart,\" a single mother tries to ease tension at the dinner table with Roses and Thorns, the game she knows the Obamas played in the White House. In \"Radical Feminists,\" a woman skating with her two children encounters the man who derailed her career years earlier. And in the poignant, \"A Mother Is Someone Who Tells Jokes,\" a mother reflects on the nursery school project that preceded her son's autism diagnosis. This is a deeply moving, resonant collection from a writer \"rightly celebrated for her ability to capture the variety and vulnerability of women's lives with a combination of lyricism and brawn\" (NPR).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10373383\"\u003eKate Walbert\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476799445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147679944X\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-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-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","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685182574829,"sku":"9781476799445","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_fdee1f05-69cd-40c5-a172-dcb4e5e37b14.jpg?v=1649764021","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/she-was-like-that-new-and-selected-stories-9781476799445","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}