My publisher hasn't put the book up for sale yet on their website or Amazon, but it is in print and I'd like to hold a Goodreads giveaway. Let me know if any info is missing. Thanks!
* Title : A Lesson in Manners * Author: Misty Urban * ISBN: 978-0-9863589-1-3 * Publisher: Snake Nation Press * Publication date: April 7, 2016 * Format: Print * Page count: 126p * Link to cover: my author website, mistyurban.net This image was provided to me from the publisher. * Description:
Winner of the Serena McDonald Kennedy Award
"A Lesson in Manners serves up a panoramic view of the American experience with deep authenticity, vibrant imagination, and a keen eye for emotional truth . . . This is an extraordinary collection that distills the lives of ordinary people--refreshing, compelling, and moving." -- Jacob M. Appel, author of The Biology of Luck
The ten stories in this haunting and hilarious collection offer a how-to manual for dealing with love, lies, and loneliness. Sam Wesson, and up-and-coming country-western singer, plots to get pregnant without her boyfriend's consent, while Dacey, already pregnant, confronts her cheating husband over her secret checking account. Andrea rescues a stray dog to avoid facing her complicated human relationships. Sarah, an exotic dancer, longs for employment at a religious theme park, and Amelia dreams of creating impossible bonsai. Whether facing life-threatening illness or overwhelming loss, these characters scheme in humble, funny, sympathetic, and outrageous ways to find an etiquette that will deliver them from disappointment and shield them from crushing grief.
Filled with vivid characterization, dry humor, and luminous, searing prose, A Lesson in Manners tenderly embraces deeply flawed characters who learn that, in the face of frightening bewilderment or deep pain, a precise, brilliant attention to every moment is the only way we survive.
My publisher hasn't put the book up for sale yet on their website or Amazon, but it is in print and I'd like to hold a Goodreads giveaway. Let me know if any info is missing. Thanks!
* Title : A Lesson in Manners
* Author: Misty Urban
* ISBN: 978-0-9863589-1-3
* Publisher: Snake Nation Press
* Publication date: April 7, 2016
* Format: Print
* Page count: 126p
* Link to cover: my author website, mistyurban.net This image was provided to me from the publisher.
* Description:
Winner of the Serena McDonald Kennedy Award
The ten stories in this haunting and hilarious collection offer a how-to manual for dealing with love, lies, and loneliness. Sam Wesson, and up-and-coming country-western singer, plots to get pregnant without her boyfriend's consent, while Dacey, already pregnant, confronts her cheating husband over her secret checking account. Andrea rescues a stray dog to avoid facing her complicated human relationships. Sarah, an exotic dancer, longs for employment at a religious theme park, and Amelia dreams of creating impossible bonsai. Whether facing life-threatening illness or overwhelming loss, these characters scheme in humble, funny, sympathetic, and outrageous ways to find an etiquette that will deliver them from disappointment and shield them from crushing grief.
Filled with vivid characterization, dry humor, and luminous, searing prose, A Lesson in Manners tenderly embraces deeply flawed characters who learn that, in the face of frightening bewilderment or deep pain, a precise, brilliant attention to every moment is the only way we survive.