{"product_id":"nine-inches-9781250054975","title":"Nine Inches","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning short story collection from \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Leftovers \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLittle Children, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003efeaturing stories focusing on Tom Perrotta's familiar suburban nuclear families\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNine Inches\u003c\/i\u003e, Tom Perrotta's first true collection, features ten stories--some sharp and funny, some mordant and surprising, and a few intense and disturbing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether he's dropping into the lives of two teachers--and their love lost and found--in Nine Inches, documenting the unraveling of a dad at a Little League game in The Smile on Happy Chang's Face, or gently marking the points of connection between an old woman and a benched high school football player in Senior Season, Perrotta writes with a sure sense of his characters and their secret longings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNine Inches\u003c\/i\u003e contains an elegant collection of short fiction: stories that are as assured in their depictions of characters young and old, established and unsure, as any written today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250054975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/16\/2014 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tom Perrotta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42038603776181,"sku":"9781250054975","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_188dad34-f9f1-4c98-b610-4f217a2d8c9c.jpg?v=1649737481","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/nine-inches-9781250054975","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}