{"product_id":"how-strange-a-season-fiction-hardcover","title":"How Strange a Season: Fiction - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMegan Mayhew Bergman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dazzling.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Editors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Richly satisfying.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"These are stories you want to live in...a collection perfectly suited for our moment.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of stories \"so beautifully crafted they feel like tiny worlds unto themselves\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) about women experiencing all life's beauty and challenges, from award-winning writer Megan Mayhew Bergman.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA recently separated woman fills a huge terrarium with rare flowers to establish control over a small world and attempt to heal her broken heart. A competitive swimmer negotiates over which days she will fulfill her wifely duties, and which days she will keep for herself. A peach farmer wonders if her orchard will survive a drought. And generations of a family in South Carolina struggle with fidelity and their cruel past, some clinging to old ways and others painfully carving new paths. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this \"closely observed\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker) \u003c\/i\u003ecollection, Megan Mayhew Bergman portrays women who wrestle with problematic inheritances: a modern glass house on a treacherous California cliff, a water-starved ranch, and an abandoned plantation on a river near Charleston. \"Bergman's stories are so emotionally rich that they serve as portals into distinct interior worlds...this collection is distinct and vivid...As singular as it is atmospheric\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.5 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772064760096,"sku":"9781476713106","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a1b69049e0a11784f6b9879e8643f60e.webp?v=1780399023","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-strange-a-season-fiction-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}