{"product_id":"texas-tall-short-stories-9781943492916","title":"Texas Tall Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the haunting sensitivity of \"The Piano Tuner\", to the vivid raucousness of \"Texas Clam Bake\", and the wild, sex-and-drugs fantasy of \"The Fishing Trip\", Mike Lowrie takes the reader on a journey through a Texas many readers may not be familiar with. Gone are the cliché cowboys and tumbleweeds of routine Texas fiction from days gone by. Mike Lowrie's Texas stories feature a wide and varied cast of characters and events, such as the day to day goings-on in a major symphony orchestra in \"The Piano Tuner\", or a strong independent woman taking care of herself - and others - in \"She's No Barbie\". Young African American boys are the heroes in \"Good Deeds\". There's even a lesbian biker gang in \"Texas Clam Bake\". Drawing from his own experiences growing up in Texas, the author writes from the perspective of a different character in each story, capturing the essence of a different kind of Texas - and different kinds of Texan. The stories may be tall, but there is a wonderful ring of truth about all of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ELM Grove Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943492916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Mike Lowrie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41635384950965,"sku":"9781943492916","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5e5c20e3-7e0e-4204-bb67-c9aee4cfefc6.jpg?v=1645500779","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/texas-tall-short-stories-9781943492916","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}