{"product_id":"where-the-light-falls-selected-stories-9781598537482","title":"Where the Light Falls: Selected Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eRediscover the masterful stories of a midcentury artist whose multifaceted portraits of women were generations ahead of her time \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A stunning, crystalline collection.\" --\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNancy Hale was considered one of the preeminent short story artists of her era, a prolific writer whose long association with \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e rivaled that of her contemporary John Cheever. But few readers today will recognize her name. Acclaimed author Lauren Groff has selected twenty-five of Hale's best stories, presented here in the first career-spanning edition of this astonishingly gifted writer's work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese stories seem ahead of their time in their depiction of women--complicated characters, sometimes fragile, possibly wicked, often remarkable in their apparent ordinariness, from an adolescent girl in Connecticut driven into delirium over her burgeoning sexuality in \"Midsummer,\" to a twenty-something New Yorker experiencing culture shock during a visit to a friend's house in Virginia in \"That Woman,\" to a New England widow in search of alcohol while babysitting her grandson in \"Flotsam.\" Other stories touch on memories of childhood, the intense trauma of electroshock therapy, and the spectre of white supremacy. Haunting, vivid, and subversive in the best sense, \u003ci\u003eWhere the Light Falls\u003c\/i\u003e is nothing less than a major literary rediscovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10446972\"\u003eNancy Hale\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Library of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.67w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598537482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1598537482\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-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-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Hale\u003c\/b\u003e (1908-1988) was born in Boston to a distinguished New England family whose forbearers include Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale and Harriet Beecher Stowe. She was the author of eight novels, including the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Prodigal Women\u003c\/i\u003e, four short story collections, two memoirs, two plays, children's stories, and a biography on Mary Cassatt. The winner of ten O. Henry Awards, Hale published over two hundred stories and essays, eighty of which appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, making her one of the most important contributors in the history of the magazine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of four novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Monsters of Templeton\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArcadia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFates and Furies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMatrix\u003c\/i\u003e, and two short story collections, \u003ci\u003eDelicate Edible Birds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlorida\u003c\/i\u003e. She has won the Paul Bowles Prize for Fiction, the PEN\/O. Henry Award, the Pushcart Prize, and the Guggenheim Fellowship, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44483819962605,"sku":"9781598537482","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_fcef3e37-34a2-47c0-b2b5-30eb5528d526.jpg?v=1700779785","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/where-the-light-falls-selected-stories-9781598537482","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}