{"product_id":"half-in-love-stories-0743246853-used","title":"Half in Love: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0743246853\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Meloy, Maile\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFourteen remarkable stories that combine strong Western settings with a subtle and distinct female voice. This critically celebrated debut collection marks the exciting beginning of prize-winner Meloys promising career.Lean and controlled in their narration, abundant and moving in their effects, Maile Meloys stories introduce a striking talent. Most are set in the modern American West, made vivid and unexpected in Meloys unsentimental vision; others take us to Paris, wartime London, and Greece, with the same remarkable skill and intuition.In Four Lean Hounds, ca. 1976, two couples face a complicated grief when one of the four dies. In Ranch Girl, the college-bound daughter of a ranch foreman must choose which adult world she wants to occupy. In A Stakes Horse, a woman confronts risk and loss at the racetrack and at home. And in Aqua Boulevard-winner of the 2001 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction-an elderly Parisian confronts his mortality. Meloys command of her characters voices is breathtaking; their fears and desires are deftly illuminated. Smart, surprising, and evocative, Meloys brilliantly observed stories fully engage the mind and heart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52343015080224,"sku":"USED0743246853","price":13.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81CI7hw0XCL_76876fa0-450c-44e6-b9ec-21b731dcbaa1.jpg?v=1789186916","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/half-in-love-stories-0743246853-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}