{"product_id":"search-party-stories-of-rescue-paperback","title":"Search Party: Stories of Rescue - 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\u003eValerie Trueblood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the epigraph to this volume, Penelope Fitzgerald tells us: \"If a story begins with finding, it must end with searching,\" and so we discover each story here to follow the arc of a search, just as each also contains a rescue. What is immediately apparent is that it will be impossible to guess the form this rescue will take or even who it is who'll require it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInstead, the astonishingly talented Valerie Trueblood has imbued each story with its own depth and mystery, so rescue comes as a surprise to the reader, who is in intimate sympathy for the soul in extremity. And these are diverse characters whose fates, in lesser hands, might be thought of as hopeless: the fired cop turned security guard, the stolid, 19-year-old nurses' aide who will not be going to art school, the cynical radio producer who is dying of breast cancer and on a plane on her way to Lourdes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these thirteen stories linked by a common transcendent human genius, the writing is confident and clear and original, and often drop-dead stunning, as if the stories are being told by the most casually eloquent among us.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eValerie Trueblood\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eSeven Loves\u003c\/i\u003e, and the short story collections \u003ci\u003eSearch Party\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarry or Burn\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCriminals\u003c\/i\u003e. She's been a finalist for the 2014 PEN\/Faulkner Award, a finalist for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and a recipient of the B\u0026amp;N Discover Award. She lives in Seattle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e PEN\/Faulkner Award (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45750205153477,"sku":"9781619021495","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/AIOro14sza9781619021495.webp?v=1770196261","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/search-party-stories-of-rescue-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}