{"product_id":"games-and-rituals-stories-9780593082737","title":"Games and Rituals: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eAN \u003ci\u003eOPRAH DAILY\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - The beloved author of \u003ci\u003eEarly Morning Riser\u003c\/i\u003e brings us glittering stories of love--friendships formed at the airport bar, ex-husbands with benefits, mothers of suspiciously sweet teenagers, ill-advised trysts--in all its forms, both ridiculous and sublime.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Parts of my heart are still scattered throughout these perfectly rendered tales.\" --Lisa Jewell, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThen She Was Gone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe games and rituals performed by Katherine Heiny's characters range from mischievous to tender: In \"Bridesmaid, Revisited,\" Marlee, suffering from a laundry and life crisis, wears a massive bridesmaid's dress to work. In \"Twist and Shout,\" Erica's elderly father mistakes his four-thousand-dollar hearing aid for a cashew and eats it. In \"Turn Back, Turn Back,\" a bedtime story coupled with a receipt for a Starbucks babyccino reveal a struggling actor's deception. And in \"561,\" Charlene pays the true price of infidelity and is forced to help her husband's ex-wife move out of the family home. (\"It's like you're North Korea and South Korea . . . But would North Korea help South Korea \u003ci\u003emove\u003c\/i\u003e?\") \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKatherine Heiny, one of our most celebrated writers, our bard of waking up in the wrong bed, wearing the wrong shoes, running late for the wrong job, but loved by the right people, has delivered a collection of glorious humour and immense kindness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593082737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Katherine Heiny","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43471044706485,"sku":"9780593082737","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1463c20c-b726-4327-8f98-2c77669fa4f3.jpg?v=1704821966","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/games-and-rituals-stories-9780593082737","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}