{"product_id":"instructions-for-the-drowning-9781771965354","title":"Instructions for the Drowning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"To say Heighton is an immensely talented writer is true enough but insufficient ... As good a writer as Canada has ever produced.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe unforgettable last collection by the bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Shadow Boxer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man recalls his father's advice on how to save a drowning person, but struggles when the time comes to use it. A wife's good deed leaves a couple vulnerable at the moment when they're most in need of security--the birth of their first child. Newly in love, a man preoccupied by accounts of freak accidents is befallen by one himself. In stories about love and fear, idealisms and illusions, failures of muscle and mind and all the ways we try to care for one another, Steven Heighton's \u003ci\u003eInstructions for the Drowning\u003c\/i\u003e is an indelible last collection by a writer working at the height of his powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771965354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 1.00d","brand":"Steven Heighton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42753435500725,"sku":"9781771965354","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a6efc003-f15f-4ba8-8b23-9606bc7978a4.jpg?v=1677595113","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/instructions-for-the-drowning-9781771965354","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}