{"product_id":"worldly-goods-paperback","title":"Worldly Goods - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlice Petersen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssured and stylistically confident ... Petersen's knowledge of and precise language for subjects such as natural history, the domestic arts, and music add to the classical feel of these stories, set all around the English-speaking Commonwealth. Crisp sentences and slightly old-fashioned vocabulary combine gratifyingly with evocative visual imagery to make this collection a pleasure to read.--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorldly Goods\u003c\/i\u003e is a multi-faceted diamond: its carbon base is the stuff of life, and its reflective power is dazzling. Petersen can take a small event and in a few pages create an entire world ... a writer this good needs to be read.--\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What a thrill to follow a writer from promise to fulfillment. Alice Petersen's debut collection of short stories ... marked her as a young writer to watch.  This] collection, \u003ci\u003eWorldly Goods\u003c\/i\u003e, more than delivers.\"--\u003ci\u003eMontreal Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Petersen writes as eloquently about the natural world as she does about the world of human emotion and desire.--David Bezmozgis, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Free World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese lyrical, open-eyed stories are set in North America, England, and the author's native New Zealand. With a focus on marriage, family, and the moral complexities that arise from these relationships, Alice Peterson's fiction evokes the best of Katherine Mansfield and Alice Munro.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Petersen\u003c\/b\u003e's first book, \u003ci\u003eAll the Voices Cry\u003c\/i\u003e, won the QWF Award for Best First Book. Born in New Zealand, she now lives and works in Montreal, Quebec.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice Petersen is a writer and critic whose work has been shortlisted for the Journey Prize, the Canada Broadcast Corporation Literary Awards, and the Writers' Union of Canada Short Story Competition. She was born in New Zealand and now lives and works in Montréal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.4 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770204750112,"sku":"9781771960809","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/781f2713d50e8253587fae71af2ef997.webp?v=1780366939","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/worldly-goods-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}