{"product_id":"the-sorrow-proper-paperback","title":"The Sorrow Proper - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLindsey Drager\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sorrow Proper\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel-length investigation of the anxiety that accompanies change. A group of aging librarians must decide whether to fight or flee from the end of print and the rise of electronic publications, while the parents of the young girl who died in front of the library struggle with their role in her loss. Anchored by the transposed stories of a photographer and his deaf mathematician lover each mourning the other's death, \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrow Proper\u003c\/i\u003e attempts to illustrate how humans of all relations--lovers, parents, colleagues--cope with and challenge social progress, a mechanism that requires we ignore, and ultimately forget, the residual in order to make room for the new, to tell a story that resists The End.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis debut novel explores the hypothetical end of the public library system and a young theory in the hard sciences called Many Worlds, a branch of quantum mechanics that strives to prove mathematically that our lives do not follow a singular, linear path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLindsey Drager\u003c\/b\u003e's prose has appeared most recently in \u003ci\u003eWeb Conjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWest Branch Wired\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Warrior Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCream City Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuarterly West\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review Online\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. A Michigan native, she is a PhD candidate at the University of Denver where she edits the \u003ci\u003eDenver Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLindsey Drager's\u003c\/b\u003e prose has appeared most recently in \u003ci\u003eWeb Conjunctions, Gulf Coast, West Branch Wired, Black Warrior Review, Cream City Review, Quarterly West, Kenyon Review Online\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. A Michigan native, she is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Denver where she edits the \u003ci\u003eDenver Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769902629152,"sku":"9781938103001","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e6b0298687d2edcd7538f8ac66a9f4ae.webp?v=1780359357","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-sorrow-proper-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}