{"product_id":"byrd-9781938604522","title":"Byrd","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Brilliant writing--lively and heartbreaking at every turn.\"--Jill McCorkle, author of \u003ci\u003eLife After Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this debut novel, 33-year-old Addie Lockwood bears and surrenders for adoption a son, her only child, without telling his father, little imagining how the secret will shape their lives. Through letters and spare, precisely observed vignettes, \u003ci\u003eByrd\u003c\/i\u003e explores a birth mother's coming to make and live with the most difficult, intimate, and far-reaching of choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKim Church's\u003c\/b\u003e stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePainted Bride Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlash Fiction Forward\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she has received fellowships from the North Carolina Arts Council, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Millay Colony, and Vermont Studio Center . She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband, artist Anthony Ulinski. \u003ci\u003eByrd\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938604522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards - Bronze Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Chautauqua Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kim Church","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38018327019701,"sku":"9781938604522","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_47701904-5af6-4186-986e-31e8540ee2bb.jpg?v=1609169135","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/byrd-9781938604522","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}