{"product_id":"among-the-dead-and-dreaming-paperback","title":"Among the Dead and Dreaming - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamuel Ligon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful exhibition in storytelling; a breathless page-turner. Ligon drives his narrative like a formula one racer. Buckle your seat belts and get ready for a thrilling ride.--Jonathan Evison, \u003ci\u003eWest of Here\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart meditation on modern love's dark and often unexamined underbelly; part can't-put-it-down-even-for-a-dinner-break-thriller, this novel contains one of the most convincingly and complicatedly terrifying fictional characters I have run into.--Pam Houston, \u003ci\u003eContents May Have Shifted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wildly original love story, a ghost story, a tense and suspenseful story in which the wickedly talented Ligon channels voices--of the lost, the longing, and the damned.--Jess Walter, \u003ci\u003eWe Live in Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSafe in Heaven Dead: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA superbly convincing first novel....An expertly motivated debut.--\u003ci\u003eKirkus, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis debut novel instantly seizes and holds the imagination.--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLigon is firmly in control, laying out the elements of the story like the pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle.--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNikki has spent her life running from her abusive mother and the violent boyfriend she killed years ago, and now from his brother, Burke, just released from prison. Burke doesn't know yet how his brother died, but he's obsessed with finding Nikki and claiming her--and her daughter--as his own. Now she's run out of room to run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Ligon \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eSafe in Heaven Dead \u003c\/i\u003e(HarperCollins, 2003) and \u003ci\u003eDrift and Swerve\u003c\/i\u003e. His stories have appeared in more than twenty literary journals. He teaches at Eastern Washington University's Inland Northwest Center for Writers, and is the editor of \u003ci\u003eWillow Springs\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamuel Ligon: Samuel Ligon is the author of Drift and Swerve (Autumn House\u003cbr\u003e2009), and Safe in Heaven Dead (HarperCollins 2003). His\u003cbr\u003estories have appeared in more than 20 literary journals. He teaches at\u003cbr\u003eEastern Washington University's Inland Northwest Center for Writers, and is the editor of Willow Springs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769940508960,"sku":"9781935248781","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/10d21809e1b236ebd094f579b9502d48.webp?v=1780360370","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/among-the-dead-and-dreaming-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}