{"product_id":"swinica-and-other-stories-9781682832844","title":"Swinica: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis debut collection takes readers to small-town Ohio, New York City, and beyond, presenting the unique voices of troubled characters--Polish and Ukrainian, young and old, rich and poor--as they face life-altering challenges and struggle with their faith in religion, family, society, and themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Polish immigrant catches his son making porn and tries to punish the local video store for inspiring him; a Christian teenager keeps her rapist's baby, only to be banned from her high school yearbook; a pastor shocks his congregation by using his sermon to confess to an old crime; a lawyer haunted by his sister's murder is asked to witness the murderer's execution; and a daughter of Russian immigrants, now successful on Wall Street, gets stuck in rapidly rising waters after ignoring warnings about Superstorm Sandy. In ten unforgettable stories that draw on a range of inspirations, from the Bible to recent headlines, Paul Linczak boldly probes the dark to ask about the ideals we believe in and illuminates the powerful human moments that spring from confrontations with an often merciless, and aggressively changing, world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnsparing and tender, with a vision that ranges across borders without missing the small, telling detail, \u003ci\u003eŚwinica\u003c\/i\u003e vividly presents a slice of American life, full of danger, bewilderment, determination, and hope.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Tech University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682832844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160","brand":"Paul Linczak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52136458027189,"sku":"9781682832844","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_352fcbaf-da45-44a5-a6de-b440e1f1da74.jpg?v=1767114661","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/swinica-and-other-stories-9781682832844","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}