{"product_id":"9781668016312","title":"House Gone Quiet","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA genre-bending debut story collection about the bonds and bounds of community and what it means to call a place home, perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eFriday Black\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A writer to watch if there ever was one.”\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of \u003ci\u003eChain-Gang All-Stars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“From searing satire to haunting magical realism, Kelsey Norris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e carefully and beautifully crafted tales left me laughing, gasping, and completely enthralled.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Deesha Philyaw, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA group of women contemplate violence after they’re sent into foreign territory to make husbands of the enemy. A support network of traumatized joggers meets to discuss the bodies they’ve found on their runs. And a town replaces its Confederate monument with a rotating cast of local residents. Slippery but muscular, sly but electric, this stunning debut collection moves from horror to magical realism to satire with total authority. In these stories, characters build and remake their sense of home, be it with one another or within themselves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs in the very best collections, each of these stories is a world all its own, with a novel’s emotional heft and a poem’s laser focus on the most achingly resonant details of its characters’ lives. Captivating from start to finish, \u003ci\u003eHouse Gone Quiet\u003c\/i\u003e announces the arrival of a thrilling literary talent.","brand":"Kelsey Norris","offers":[{"title":"Scribner |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-10-17","offer_id":44218857652479,"sku":"9781668016312","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_967ea05a-81bf-4a25-bb0d-5d00a45c6051.jpg?v=1700681292","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781668016312","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}