{"product_id":"the-alice-stories-hardcover","title":"The Alice Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJesse Lee Kercheval\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWisconsin is not where Alice, a girl raised in Florida, meant to end up. But when she falls in love with Anders Dahl, a descendant of Norwegian farmers born for generations in the same stone farmhouse, she realizes that to love Anders is to settle into a life in Wisconsin in the small house they buy before their daughter, Maude, is born. Together, Alice and Anders move forward into a life of family, friends, and the occasional troubled student until they face their biggest challenge. Winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, Jesse Lee Kercheval's \u003ci\u003eThe Alice Stories\u003c\/i\u003e tells the tale of a family: the pain of loss and the importance of the love of friends in the midst of turmoil. As timely as the news yet informed by rich humor and a deep understanding of human character, the interlinked \u003ci\u003eAlice Stories\u003c\/i\u003e form a luminous tale of family life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesse Lee Kercheval is Sally Mead Hands Bascom Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and director of the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. She is the author of seven books and two chapbooks. Her first story collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Dogeater\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Associated Writing Programs Award in Short Fiction, and her memoir, \u003ci\u003eSpace\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Alex Award from the American Library Association.\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 0.9 x 8.7 x 5.82 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758634205472,"sku":"9780803211353","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/690c592ae287ce43c9c5ba3848fe87b7.webp?v=1780131107","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-alice-stories-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}