{"product_id":"possessions-9781611865561","title":"Possession(s)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn settings familiar and foreign, from the shores of the Great Lakes to rural Ireland and Scotland, the boulevards of nineteenth-century Paris, and an ancient Italian hill town, John Smolens's stories delineate our fears, doubts, and uncertainties, tempered by irony, humor, and tenacity. The collection's title, \u003ci\u003ePossession(s)\u003c\/i\u003e, suggests an overarching duality that connects these fourteen disparate narratives, which include stories first published in magazines such as the \u003ci\u003eNorth American Review, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eMadison Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review. \u003c\/i\u003eIn \"prose that is an understated marvel\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) and through a wide range of compelling voices, each story resonates with compassion and honesty, often turning on unexpected encounters with a stranger, a place, the past, and sometimes with oneself, offset by a recognition that the future holds few assurances other than the promise of mortality. In their search for love, reconciliation, and acceptance, the characters in \u003ci\u003ePossession(s)\u003c\/i\u003e strive to find understanding and peace.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Michigan State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611865561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.01w x 0.51d","brand":"John Smolens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52161387364533,"sku":"9781611865561","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7d758812-6c95-4349-b722-52d7a516d2e6.jpg?v=1768318223","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/possessions-9781611865561","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}