{"product_id":"nobody-gets-out-alive-stories-9781982180300","title":"Nobody Gets Out Alive: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a MOST ANTICIPATED book by \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the ​prizewinning, debut fiction author: an exhilarating virtuosic story collection about women navigating the wilds of male-dominated Alaskan society.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Newman's home state of Alaska, \u003ci\u003eNobody Gets Out Alive \u003c\/i\u003eis a collection of dazzling, courageous stories about women struggling to survive not just grizzly bears and charging moose but the raw, exhausting legacy of their marriages and families. In \"Howl Palace\"--winner of \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Terry Southern Prize, a Best American Short Story, and Pushcart Prize selection--an aging widow struggles with a rogue hunting dog and the memories of her five ex-husbands while selling her house after bankruptcy. In the title story, \"Nobody Gets Out Alive,\" newly married Katrina visits her hometown of Anchorage and blows up her own wedding reception by flirting with the host and running off with an enormous mastodon tusk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside stories set in today's Last Frontier--rife with suburban sprawl, global warming, and opioid addiction--Newman delves into remote wilderness of the 1970s and 80s, bringing to life young girls and single moms in search of a wilder, freer, more adventurous America. The final story takes place in a railroad camp in 1915, where an outspoken heiress stages an elaborate theatrical in order to seduce the wife of her husband's employer, revealing how this masterful storyteller is \"not only writing unforgettable, brilliantly complex characters, she's somehow inventing souls\" (Kimberly King Parsons, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Light\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982180300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2021 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Leigh Newman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41614545649845,"sku":"9781982180300","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_214c3f9a-6ab5-4948-b1bf-c64ba24cff90.jpg?v=1644902217","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/nobody-gets-out-alive-stories-9781982180300","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}