{"product_id":"lungfish-paperback","title":"Lungfish - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMeghan Gilliss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLonglisted for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLungfish\u003c\/i\u003e is a force of nature--a deeply felt marvel of a book that navigates grief, parenthood, and the mysteries of family with unrelenting power and precision. Here is a story about the islands we build and carry with us. Here is storytelling at its best.\" --Paul Yoon, author of \u003ci\u003eSnow Hunters \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRun Me to Earth\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTuck is slow to understand the circumstances that have driven her family to an uninhabited island off the coast of Maine, the former home of her deceased grandmother where she once spent her childhood summers. Squatting there now, she must care for her spirited young daughter and scrape together enough money to leave before winter arrives--or before they are found out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRelying on the island for sustenance and answers--bladderwrack, rosehips, tenacious little green crabs; smells held by the damp walls of the house, field guides and religious texts, a failed invention left behind by her missing father--Tuck lives moment-by-moment through the absurdity, beauty, paranoia, and hunger that shoots through her life, as her husband struggles to detox. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExquisitely written and formally daring, \u003ci\u003eLungfish\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a woman grappling through the lies she has been told--and those she has told herself--to arrive at the truth of who she is and where she must go. Meghan Gilliss's debut is a brilliant and heartbreaking novel about addiction, doubt, marriage, motherhood, and learning to see in the dark.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMEGHAN GILLISS\u003c\/b\u003e attended the Bennington Writing Seminars and is a fellow of the Hewnoaks Artist Residency. She has worked as a journalist, a bookseller, a librarian, and a hospital worker, and lives in Portland, Maine. \u003ci\u003eLungfish\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764800880928,"sku":"9781646222056","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d413c7f81f27f174aae89d8cc325169d.webp?v=1780255067","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lungfish-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}