{"product_id":"sidle-creek-9781685890414","title":"Sidle Creek","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Sidle Creek is one of the best story collections I've read in a long time.\" - Ron Rash, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSerena\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the bruised, mined, and timbered hills of Appalachia in western Pennsylvania, \u003ci\u003eSidle Creek \u003c\/i\u003eis a tender, truthful exploration of a small town and the people who live there, told by a brilliant new voice in fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSidle Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, McIlwain skillfully interrogates the myths and stereotypes of the mining, mill, and farming towns where she grew up. With stories that take place in diners and dive bars, town halls and bait shops, McIlwain's writing explores themes of class, work, health, and trauma, and the unexpected human connections of small, close-knit communities. All the while, the wild beauty of the natural world weaves its way in, a source of the town's livelihood - and vulnerable to natural resource exploitation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an alchemic blend of taut prose, gorgeous imagery, and deep sensitivity for all of the living beings within its pages, \u003ci\u003eSidle Creek\u003c\/i\u003e will sit snugly on bookshelves between Annie Proulx, Joy Williams, and Louise Erdrich.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15584108\"\u003eJolene McIlwain\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melville House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685890414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1685890415\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- \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-FIC066000\"\u003eSmall Town \u0026amp; Rural\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\u003eJolene McIlwain's fiction has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and appeared in numerous literary journals, and in 2019's \u003ci\u003eBest Small Fictions Anthology.\u003c\/i\u003e Her work was named finalist for \u003ci\u003e2018's Best of the Net, Glimmer Train's\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRiver Styx\u003c\/i\u003e's contests, and was a semifinalist in \u003ci\u003eNimrod\u003c\/i\u003e's Katherine Anne Porter Prize. She's taught literary theory\/analysis at Duquesne and Chatham Universities and worked as a radiologic technologist before attending college (BS English, minor in sculpture, MA Literature). She was born, raised, and currently lives in a small town in the Appalachian plateau of Western Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44475418018029,"sku":"9781685890414","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_e54bf796-f3be-436c-9d7e-a5eee606ad36.jpg?v=1700670904","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/sidle-creek-9781685890414","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}