{"product_id":"a-place-in-the-world-bill-gaythwaite-9780822948766","title":"A Place in the World: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2025 Drue Heinz Literature Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe eleven stories in \u003ci\u003eA Place on the World\u003c\/i\u003e are character-driven portrayals depicting various lives transformed by random events or twists of fate. A hopeless gay hustler, in for the long con, instead finds himself falling in love while vacationing in Denmark; a young woman living on the coast of Maine confronts her painful past when her little brother comes to visit after being released from rehab; a failed New York City actor afraid of commitment goes on a comic rant and embraces an epiphany while cat-sitting for a friend. In separate, first-person narratives, a struggling husband and wife take turns describing the impact of a scandalous crisis on their marriage; a settled suburban dad arrives at a beach house for the weekend, only to realize he robbed one of the other houseguests thirty-four years earlier. In this poignant, engaging collection, Gaythwaite offers compassion and surprising optimism while celebrating astonishing resilience in the face of life's persistent challenges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Gaythwaite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822948761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822948766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Bill Gaythwaite","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46866960417023,"sku":"9780822948766","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f80d02f3-c2b7-4287-b0bd-32d1da13f4d6.jpg?v=1747453564","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-place-in-the-world-bill-gaythwaite-9780822948766","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}