{"product_id":"were-not-rich-stories-9781774713402","title":"We're Not Rich: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2025 Atlantic Book Awards Readers' Choice Award. A stunning debut collection of linked short stories exploring the promises and disappointments of modern life, edited by award-winning author Alexander MacLeod.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese are the stories of the people who used to live next-door.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe characters in Sue Murtagh's outstanding debut collection of linked short stories are at a crossroads. Middle-class, middling, they wrestle with the consequences of their decisions and powerful forces outside of their control. Whether it's a volatile housing market, the ever-present threat of illness, or the slow disintegration of a marriage, this community of neighbours finds themselves trapped between the idyllic promises of the North American dream and the stark realities of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMice infest every home a woman has ever lived in, no matter the domestic trappings. A charity golf tournament is an exercise in futility for a pair of married insurance entrepreneurs. At a community pool, profound grief manifests as rage. A grandmother's stories of generational trauma mutate in the retelling. And a suburban wildfire causes a young person to question the idea of home and the values of her parents' generation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePacking the punch of a novel, these thirteen deftly interwoven stories scrutinize the lives of everyday people with surgical precision, while finding connection and community in the unlikeliest of places. Edited by award-winning author Alexander MacLeod, \u003ci\u003eWe're Not Rich\u003c\/i\u003e is a wryly observed and deeply-thoughtful collection, where nothing is quite as it should be, but everything feels true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vagrant Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781774713402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.87d","brand":"Sue Murtagh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52360422228149,"sku":"9781774713402","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c9ab6039-8db5-414f-8623-5b09f7dee94c.jpg?v=1773720867","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/were-not-rich-stories-9781774713402","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}