{"product_id":"you-have-never-been-here-new-and-selected-stories-paperback","title":"You Have Never Been Here: New and Selected Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Rickert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocus Recommended Reading List\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOpen this book to any page and find yourself enspelled by these lush, alchemical stories. Faced with the uncanny and the impossible, Rickert's protagonists are as painfully, shockingly, complexly human as the readers who will encounter them. Mothers, daughters, witches, artists, strangers, winged babies, and others grapple with deception, loss, and moments of extraordinary joy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Mary Rickert's books: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Memory Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is a lovely book of women, friendship, sadness and healing, and it is genuinely uplifting. Like the garden of its title, this is a book to take in slowly, to spend time in, to wander through; you'll likely find your-selves the better for it.-- NPR \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a novel haunted by mortality--with people who died young, with people now old and dying, with ghosts. But it is often a joyful novel, a novel of life, forgiveness and good meals with friends and strangers.--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI've seldom read a book as gentle, and yet as powerful.-- io9.com \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRickert writes with a blend of poetical language and dark suspense.--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA poet of the extremes housed within the human heart.--\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Rickert\u003c\/b\u003e has long been an undiscovered master of the fantastic. Her first collection, \u003ci\u003eMap of Dreams, \u003c\/i\u003e received the Crawford and World Fantasy awards, and stories from this collection of new and selected work have received the Shirley Jackson and World Fantasy awards. She has worked as kindergarten teacher, barista, Disneyland balloon vendor, and in the personnel de-partment of Sequoia National Park where she spent her time off hiking the wilderness. She is the author of two collections and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Garden\u003c\/i\u003e and she has received the Shirley Jackson and World Fantasy awards. She lives in Wisconsin. See more at maryrickert.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Rickert: Mary Rickert has worked as kindergarten teacher, barista, Disneyland balloon vendor, and in the personnel department of Sequoia National Park where she spent her time off hiking the wilderness. She is the author of two collections and a novel \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Garden\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Wisconsin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 24, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765530493216,"sku":"9781618731104","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a3a9fb3168a533cb17108c78b9b48c44.webp?v=1780272874","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/you-have-never-been-here-new-and-selected-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}