{"product_id":"half-in-love-9780743246859","title":"Half in Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eFourteen remarkable stories that combine strong Western settings with a subtle and distinct female voice. This critically celebrated debut collection marks the exciting beginning of prize-winner Meloy's promising career.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLean and controlled in their narration, abundant and moving in their effects, Maile Meloy's stories introduce a striking talent. Most are set in the modern American West, made vivid and unexpected in Meloy's unsentimental vision; others take us to Paris, wartime London, and Greece, with the same remarkable skill and intuition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Four Lean Hounds, ca. 1976,\" two couples face a complicated grief when one of the four dies. In \"Ranch Girl,\" the college-bound daughter of a ranch foreman must choose which adult world she wants to occupy. In \"A Stakes Horse,\" a woman confronts risk and loss at the racetrack and at home. And in \"Aqua Boulevard\"--winner of the 2001 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction--an elderly Parisian confronts his mortality. Meloy's command of her characters' voices is breathtaking; their fears and desires are deftly illuminated. Smart, surprising, and evocative, Meloy's brilliantly observed stories fully engage the mind and heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743246859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.35h x 4.96w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2003 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/13\/2003 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Maile Meloy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42059326914741,"sku":"9780743246859","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ae0fba69-8f39-4378-8ded-b516471c7cd6.jpg?v=1650342589","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/half-in-love-9780743246859","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}