{"product_id":"let-me-out-here-stories-9781938235504","title":"Let Me Out Here: Stories","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIn her award-winning debut collection, Emily W. Pease is at work redefining the short story. \u003cem\u003eLet Me Out Here\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e explores the underbellies and strange desires of our neighbors, our loved ones, ourselves.\u003c\/strong\u003e  A co-ed takes up\/leaves school with a mysterious cab driver who's been calling every night on her dormitory's hall phone; a family isolated by their faith hikes to a waterfall in search of healing; a mother sets her balcony on fire after an awkward family dinner; a woman befriends the snakes her preacher boyfriend keeps in their shed. This revealing collection offers a deep empathy for people doing the best they can, despite themselves. Spread over varied landscapes of the South and offering surprising moments of raw revelation, the characters here find themselves at crossroads or alone on an empty street at night. With \u003cem\u003eLet Me Out Here\u003c\/em\u003e, Pease joins the ranks of Mary Gaitskill, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Kelly Link, and adds to their tradition a deft, singular style and a voice as darkly funny as it is exacting. \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLet Me Out Here\u003c\/em\u003e is the 2018 winner of the C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hub City Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938235504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Emily W. Pease","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671316295836,"sku":"9781938235504","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3dc141ec-ed9d-41d2-ae75-bf0e90a13afe.jpg?v=1603925076","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/let-me-out-here-stories-9781938235504","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}