{"product_id":"once-removed-stories-paperback","title":"Once Removed: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColette Sartor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe women in the linked short story collection \u003ci\u003eOnce Removed \u003c\/i\u003ecarry the burdens imposed in the name of intimacy--the secrets kept, the lies told, the disputes initiated--as well as the joy that can still manage to triumph. A singer with a damaged voice and an assumed identity befriends a silent, troubled child; an infertile law professor covets a tenant's daughterly affection; a new mother tries to shield her infant from her estranged mother's surprise Easter visit; an aging shopkeeper hides her husband's decline and a decades-old lie to keep her best friends from moving away. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith depth and an acute sense of the fragility of intimate connection, Colette Sartor creates stories of women that resonate with emotional complexity. Some of these women possess the fierce natures and long, vengeful memories of expert grudge holders. Others avoid conflict at every turn, or so they tell themselves. For all of them, grief lies at the core of love.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOLETTE SARTOR teaches at the UCLA Extension Writers' Program as well as privately and is an executive director of the CineStory Foundation, a mentoring organization for emerging TV writers and screenwriters. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eCarve \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003eSlice \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review Online\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. Among other awards, she has been granted a Glenna Luschei Award, a Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award, and a Truman Capote fellowship from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she completed her MFA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757856260384,"sku":"9780820355696","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/47bf0ede090d62e5a89a102abe0ad2ef.webp?v=1780113275","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/once-removed-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}