{"product_id":"swim-back-to-me-9781400079735","title":"Swim Back to Me","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dive from Clausen's Pier\u003c\/i\u003e comes an \"exhilarating, searing\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) collection of short stories framed by two unforgettable linked narratives.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"With this collection, Ann Packer takes her place among today's best authors of literary fiction.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Minneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wife struggles to make sense of her husband's sudden disappearance. A mother mourns her teenage son through the music collection he left behind. A woman shepherds her estranged parents through her brother's wedding and reflects on the year her family collapsed. A young man comes to grips with the joy--and vulnerability--of fatherhood. And, in the masterly opening novella, two teenagers from very different families forge a sustaining friendship, only to discover the disruptive and unsettling power of sex. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnn Packer is one of our most talented archivists of family life, with its hidden crevasses and unforeseeable perils, and in these stories she explores the moral predicaments that define our social and emotional lives, the frailty of ordinary grace, and the ways in which we are shattered and remade by loss. With \u003ci\u003eSwim Back to Me, \u003c\/i\u003e she delivers shimmering psychological precision, unfailing intelligence, and page-turning drama: her most enticing work yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400079735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/20\/2012 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ann Packer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403395526837,"sku":"9781400079735","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d26ee785-2db0-4173-aeb4-b8e670264f39.jpg?v=1774969070","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/swim-back-to-me-9781400079735","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}