{"product_id":"my-escapee-stories-paperback","title":"My Escapee: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCorinna Vallianatos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor's Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelicate and assured, the stories in \u003ci\u003eMy Escapee\u003c\/i\u003e illuminate unseen forces in women's lives: the shameful thought, the stifled hope, the subterranean stresses of marriage, friendship, and family. Grappling with lost memories, escaped time, the longing to be loved, and the instinct for autonomy, the stories peer inside their characters' minds to their benign delusions, their triumphs and defeats. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA girl taking a test for admittance to a selective school finds that what she loves most of all is the ordinary. A lonely young woman, sick of being sick, swaps places with her nurse. A college student deploys her more charming roommate to discover the secret rituals of an all-male club on campus. And in the title story, a woman in a nursing home receives mysterious missives from her longtime lover recalling fragments of their old life together.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCORINNA VALLIANATOS\u003c\/b\u003e's stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eTin House, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Public Space, McSweeney's, The Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Idaho Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. The recipient of fellowships from The MacDowell Colony and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, she lives in Claremont, California with her husband and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46891279745221,"sku":"9781625344434","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/A4q-z8k5s29781625344434.webp?v=1789037850","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/my-escapee-stories-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}