{"product_id":"this-is-not-your-city-paperback","title":"This Is Not Your City - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaitlin Horrocks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest Books of 2011, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e' A Year in Reading pick \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven women confront dramas both everyday and outlandish in Caitlin Horrocks' \u003ci\u003eThis Is Not Your City\u003c\/i\u003e. In stories as darkly comic as they are unflinching, people isolated by geography, emotion, or circumstance cut imperfect paths to peace--they have no other choice. A Russian mail-order bride in Finland is rendered silent by her dislocation and loss of language, the mother of a severely disabled boy writes him postcards he'll never read on a cruise ship held hostage by pirates, and an Iowa actuary wanders among the reincarnations of those she's known in her 127 lives. Horrocks' women find no simple escapes, and their acts of faith and acts of imagination in making do are as shrewd as they are surprising.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaitlin Horrocks lives in Michigan, by way of Ohio, Arizona, England, Finland, and the Czech Republic. Her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe PEN\/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pushcart Prize XXXV\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Recently, she won the $10,000 Plimpton Prize from \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches at Grand Valley State University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769976848672,"sku":"9781932511918","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/14256ca7d36da51dd42564fb76ce287c.webp?v=1780361540","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/this-is-not-your-city-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}