{"product_id":"places-like-these-stories-9781771668057","title":"Places Like These: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA widow visits a spiritualist community to attempt to contact her late husband. A grieving teenager confronts the unfairness of his small-town world and the oncoming ecological disaster. A sexual assault survivor navigates her boyfriend's tricky family and her own confusing desires. A mother examines unresolved guilt while seeking her missing daughter in a city slum. A lover exploits his girlfriend's secrets for his own purposes. Whether in Ecuador or San Francisco, small-town Ontario or northern Manitoba, the landscape in each of Carter's poignant short stories reflects each character's journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePsychologically complex and astute, \u003ci\u003ePlaces Like These\u003c\/i\u003e plumbs the vast range of human reactions to those things which make us human--love, grief, friendship, betrayal, and the intertwined yet contrasting longing for connection and independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771668057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248","brand":"Lauren Carter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769816453301,"sku":"9781771668057","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_23481877-e3a8-4f73-aa0f-eadbae43b96d.jpg?v=1678838427","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/places-like-these-stories-9781771668057","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}