{"product_id":"a-small-crowd-of-strangers-paperback","title":"A Small Crowd of Strangers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoanna Rose\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eJoanna Rose is a longtime independent bookseller; she founded the Powell's Books reading series and ran it for fifteen years. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLittle Miss Strange\u003c\/i\u003e, her debut novel, earned critical praise and an award from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eIn today's political climate, the topic of abortion has become a lightning rod for discussion; \u003ci\u003eA Small Crowd of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e brings us inside how religion impacts one man's feelings on his wife's rights. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFans of the quirky women characters in Maria Semple's fiction, particularly \u003ci\u003eWhere'd You Go, Bernadette?\u003c\/i\u003e, will enjoy hapless and heartfelt librarian Pattianne Anthony. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eJoanna Rose's ability to write relationships will appeal to fans of Anne Tyler and Ann Patchett. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFamily, at its core, is who you choose as your community, according to the lessons that Pattianne Anthony learns over the course of the book; her new friends on the edge of the world include a house full of adoptees, a priest in the process of losing his credentials, and a convenience store owner. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eJoanna Rose has a lifetime of literary connections in the Pacific Northwest in particular, including through her days as a bookseller, her work at Literary Arts, and her two-plus decades of teaching writers at the Pinewood Table. \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePositioning this title in fall 2020 may earn readers seeking long, delicious reads to escape the headlines.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoanna Rose is the author of the award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eLittle Miss Strange, \u003c\/i\u003e which earned the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award. Other work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eZYZZYVA, Windfall Journal, Cloudbank, Artisan Journal, Northern Lights, Oregon Humanities, High Desert Journal, VoiceCatcher, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBellingham Review. \u003c\/i\u003e Her essay That Thing With Feathers was cited as Notable in 2015 Best American Essays. She established the Powell's Books reading series and curated it for fifteen years. She is an Atheneum Fellow in Poetry, and cohosts the prose critique group Pinewood Table. She also works with youth through Literary Arts' Writers in the Schools and with Young Musicians \u0026amp; Artists. She lives in Portland Oregon's urban southeast side with her husband and, at any given time, several dogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 396\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769447612704,"sku":"9781942436430","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1232e7504338d3d2a9489d7a3c7f747a.webp?v=1780348348","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-small-crowd-of-strangers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}