{"product_id":"a-blind-corner-caitlin-macy-9780316434195","title":"A Blind Corner","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMrs. \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Fundamentals of Play \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a brilliant and biting short story collection about pride, privilege, and our nagging need to belong.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an era of \"hot takes\" and easy generalizations, this collection reclaims the absurdities and paradoxes of life as it is actually lived from the American fantasy of \"niceness\". In Macy's world, human desires and fatal blind spots slam headlong into convenient, social-media-driven narratives that would sort us into neat boxes of insider or outsider; good or bad; with us or against us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Time and again, whether at home or in the age-old role of Americans abroad, Macy's women see their good intentions turn awry. A woman who tries to do a good deed for an underprivileged child sees it go horribly wrong. A wife, attempting to be a good host to a friend's strange ex-boyfriend, finds herself in a compromised situation. And, in the title story, a newlywed fancies herself a Euro-sophisticate until an accident reminds her just how truly foreign she really is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In tales where shocking and sometimes brutal events disabuse characters of their most cherished beliefs, Macy forgoes easy moralization in favor of uncomfortable truths that reveal the complexity of what it means to be human. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caitlin Macy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316434191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316434195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2022 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2022 pg. 17","brand":"Caitlin Macy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981708624127,"sku":"9780316434195","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_959cdfec-782b-4580-8960-eb0914f0e098.jpg?v=1683257098","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-blind-corner-caitlin-macy-9780316434195","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}