{"product_id":"loopholes-microfiction-9781925052299","title":"Loopholes: Microfiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese perfectly formed microfictions provide glimpses into the everyday challenges of family life, relationships, ageing and loss. McCreery's characters are typical humans - flawed, vulnerable, frustrating and frustrated. Told with empathy and wit and honed with a wordsmith's skill, Loopholes makes us see ourselves and each other differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith illustrations by Bettina Kaiser\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'To succeed, microfiction must combine efficiency of text with immediacy of imagery and neat narrative twists, all in a space small enough for a single reading. It's an artform that Susan McCreery shows a masterly command of.'\u003cbr\u003e Hilary Simmons, BOOKS + PUBLISHING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShattered glass, shifting shadows - these insights into the psyche are both chilling and hilarious. Ernest Hemingway, eat your heart out.\u003cbr\u003e CARMEL BIRD, winner, 2016 Patrick White Literary Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging in length from a page to four lines, Susan McCreery's vivid glimpses into diverse lives and situations will amuse, shock and inspire you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEMERITUS PROFESSOR ELIZABETH WEBBY AM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan McCreery is a writer of insight and compassion who understands the complexities of human connection. Better than that, she is sharp, funny and unpredictable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALI JANE SMITH, \u003cem\u003eGala\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading McCreery's one-page stories is like being a kid holding a Whitman's Sampler Box and trying to pick your favourite chocolate. Yum, gritty as pistachio. Yum, creamy as caramel. Of course, I had to devour all of them in one sitting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJULIE CHEVALIER, \u003cem\u003eDarger and his girls, Permission To Lie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spineless Wonders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925052299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.50h x 6.50w x 0.33d","brand":"Susan McCreery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39955718930613,"sku":"9781925052299","price":14.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0dff94c4-1b30-4961-819d-7770a0f2f900.jpg?v=1620217237","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/loopholes-microfiction-9781925052299","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}