{"product_id":"the-year-of-perfect-happiness-volume-13-9781574415650","title":"The Year of Perfect Happiness: Volume 13","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, 2014.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The sharp-witted stories in Becky Adnot-Haynes's debut collection explore the secret lives of people--how they deal with the parts of themselves that they choose not to share with their closest confidants--and with the world. A pole-vaulter practices his sport only before dawn. A recently divorced woman signs up for a hallucinogenic drug excursion in the Arizona desert. An uncertain girlfriend goes out into the world wearing a false pregnancy belly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Perfect Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e, the universe is recognizable but slightly askew, a world whose corners can be peeled back to reveal the strange and often comic outcomes of acting out your most self-destructive desires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781574415650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Becky Adnot-Haynes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715427201205,"sku":"9781574415650","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-year-of-perfect-happiness-volume-13-9781574415650","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}