{"product_id":"what-i-didnt-see-and-other-stories-9781931520485","title":"What I Didn't See and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eWorld Fantasy Award Winner\u003cbr\u003eShirley Jackson Awards shortlist\u003cbr\u003eLocus Award shortlist\u003cbr\u003eStory Prize Notable Books\u003cbr\u003eFrank O'Connor Award longlist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beautifully written and subtly discomforting stories.\"--Nancy Pearl\u003cp\u003e\"An exceptionally versatile author.\"--\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her moving and elegant new collection, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller Karen Joy Fowler writes about John Wilkes Booth's younger brother, a one-winged man, a California cult, and a pair of twins, and she digs into our past, present, and future in the quiet, witty, and incisive way only she can. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe sinister and the magical are always lurking just below the surface: for a mother who invents a fairy-tale world for her son in \"Halfway People\"; for Edwin Booth in \"Booth's Ghost,\" haunted by his fame as \"America's Hamlet\" and his brother's terrible actions; for Norah, a rebellious teenager facing torture in the World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Award winner \"The Pelican Bar\" as she confronts Mama Strong, the sadistic boss of a rehabilitation facility; for the narrator recounting her descent in \"What I Didn't See.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith clear and insightful prose, Fowler's stories measure the human capacities for hope and despair, brutality and kindness. This collection, which includes two Nebula Award winners and stories which have been significantly rewritten since first publication, is sure to delight readers, even as it pulls the rug out from underneath their feet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Small Beer Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781931520485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Karen Joy Fowler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36670857805980,"sku":"9781931520485","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cb19df40-5db7-4ff0-96ab-682dd58ab0ce.jpg?v=1603923802","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/what-i-didnt-see-and-other-stories-9781931520485","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}