{"product_id":"what-the-world-will-look-like-when-all-the-water-leaves-us-paperback-1","title":"What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us - 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\u003eLaura Van Den Berg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories in Laura van den Berg's rich and inventive debut illuminate the intersection of the mythic and the mundane: A failed actress takes a job as a Bigfoot impersonator. A botanist seeking a rare flower crosses paths with a group of men hunting the Loch Ness Monster. A disillusioned missionary in Africa grapples with grief and a growing obsession with a creature rumored to live in the forests of the Congo. And in the title story, a young woman traveling with her scientist mother in Madagascar confronts her burgeoning sexuality and her dream of becoming a long-distance swimmer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rendered with precision and longing, the women who narrate these starkly beautiful stories are consumed with searching--for absolution, for solace, for the flash of extraordinary in the ordinary that will forever alter their lives.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura van den Berg\u003c\/b\u003e was raised in Florida and earned her M.F.A. at Emerson College. Her first collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eWhat the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us\u003c\/i\u003e(Dzanc Books, 2009), was a Barnes \u0026amp; Noble \"Discover Great New Writers\" selection. Her second collection of stories, The Isle of Youth, , published by Farrar, Straus \u0026amp; Giroux in November 2013, won the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts \u0026amp; Letters and The Bard Fiction Prize, and was named a \"Best Book of 2013\" by over a dozen venues, including \u003ci\u003eNPR, The Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Both collections were shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eFind Me\u003c\/i\u003e, is out from FSG in February 2015. The recipient of a 2014 O. Henry Award, Laura currently lives in the Boston area and is a Writer-in-Residence at Bard College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 205\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45851516207301,"sku":"9781941531877","price":24.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/58M275eYOT9781941531877.webp?v=1771444710","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/what-the-world-will-look-like-when-all-the-water-leaves-us-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}