{"product_id":"games-and-rituals-stories-paperback","title":"Games and Rituals: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatherine Heiny\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe beloved author of \u003ci\u003eEarly Morning Riser\u003c\/i\u003e brings us glittering stories of love--friendships formed at the airport bar, ex-husbands with benefits, mothers of suspiciously sweet teenagers, ill-advised trysts--in all its forms, both ridiculous and sublime. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Superb... Pointed, satirical, emotionally ruthless.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe games and rituals performed by Katherine Heiny's characters range from mischievous to tender: In \"Bridesmaid, Revisited,\" Marlee, suffering from a laundry and life crisis, wears a massive bridesmaid's dress to work. In \"Twist and Shout,\" Erica's elderly father mistakes his four-thousand-dollar hearing aid for a cashew and eats it. In \"Turn Back, Turn Back,\" a bedtime story coupled with a receipt for a Starbucks babyccino reveal a struggling actor's deception. And in \"561,\" Charlene pays the true price of infidelity and is forced to help her husband's ex-wife move out of the family home. (\"It's like you're North Korea and South Korea . . . But would North Korea help South Korea \u003ci\u003emove\u003c\/i\u003e?\") \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKatherine Heiny, one of our most celebrated writers, our bard of waking up in the wrong bed, wearing the wrong shoes, running late for the wrong job, but loved by the right people, has delivered a collection of glorious humour and immense kindness.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKATHERINE HEINY is the author of \u003ci\u003eEarly Morning Riser, Standard Deviation, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSingle, Carefree, Mellow, \u003c\/i\u003e and her short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Atlantic, \u003c\/i\u003e and many other magazines. She has lived in London, The Hague, and Boyne City, Michigan, and now lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband and children.\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 0.71 x 8.58 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763797131552,"sku":"9780593082737","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c1ee087fe84eb8b90038b9817fb16317.webp?v=1780239816","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/games-and-rituals-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}