{"product_id":"if-a-stranger-approaches-you-9781936747498","title":"If a Stranger Approaches You","description":"In her first collection of short stories, Laura Kasischke exposes the dark heart of the domestic--it's wrapped in shabby silk, tucked away in a dresser drawer. If A Stranger Approaches You reminds us that intersection of the bizarre and the quotidian is always at play. Memorial statues and raggedy dolls seem to come to life, a man listens to the electric menace of suburban power lines while he struggles with his failed marriage, and the little boy and his dog knocking on the door might be Death in disguise. Surreal and darkly comic, these are stories that know the unexpected graces and random collisions that drive and haunt us. As one of her narrators remarks, \"What a thing, this life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarabande Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936747498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards - Silver Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/24\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2013 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Laura Kasischke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671177719964,"sku":"9781936747498","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_eeb18e0b-fe31-4b05-b1be-9927449c09ce.jpg?v=1603924762","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/if-a-stranger-approaches-you-9781936747498","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}