{"product_id":"prodigals-stories-9781250118059","title":"Prodigals: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring a violent storm, a filmmaker escapes New York, accompanied by a woman who may be his therapist. A lawyer in the throes of divorce seeks refuge at her seaside cottage only to find a vagrant girl living in it. A dilettantish banker sees his ambitions laid bare when he comes under the influence of two strange sisters. A group of friends gathers in the California desert for one last bacchanal, and a journalist finds his visit to the French country home of a former tennis star take a deeply unnerving turn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStrivers, misfits, and children of privilege, the restless, sympathetic characters in Jackson's stellar short story collection, \u003ci\u003eProdigals, \u003c\/i\u003ehew to passion and perversity through life's tempests. Theirs is a quest for meaning and authenticity in lives spoiled by self-knowledge and haunted by spiritual longing. Lyrical and unflinching, cerebral and surreal, this collection maps the degradations of contemporary life with insight and grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250118059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Greg Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43067661222069,"sku":"9781250118059","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5e9c3e1b-afb7-4129-a1c1-ce55df7e08dd.jpg?v=1690862502","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/prodigals-stories-9781250118059","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}