{"product_id":"before-and-after-a-slice-leah-browning-9798999075246","title":"Before and After a Slice of Cake: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe dogs went off like a bomb. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere were five of them, big German shepherds, lunging and straining against the metal fence separating their property from the concrete pad where we parked our car. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey began barking the minute they heard the tires crunching down the gravel driveway. Our headlights swung across their faces, panting and snarling blindly in our direction. Their fur stood on end. We cut the lights and sat for a moment, waiting. They seemed otherworldly, glowing like that in the moonlight. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second full-length collection of short fiction by Leah Browning, \u003cem\u003eBefore and After a Slice of Cake\u003c\/em\u003e, features a generous selection of stories about risk and reward. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman falls in love with her new houseplant. A mouse at the center of a laboratory experiment makes a dangerous friend. And, in a series of interconnected stories, two young newlyweds move across the country and find themselves trapped in their new home by the neighbors' dogs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReality and surreality are interwoven in this array of strange, haunting, sometimes suspenseful stories. As in her first full-length compilation, Browning's writing runs the gamut: \u003cem\u003eBefore and After a Slice of Cake\u003c\/em\u003e includes everything from reflective literary fiction to miniature gems of magical realism. These stories are fitted together like puzzle pieces, creating an elaborate jewel box of a collection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leah Browning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798999075246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quiet Ocean Studio \u0026amp; Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.73d","brand":"Leah Browning","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50848715964671,"sku":"9798999075246","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/before-and-after-a-slice-leah-browning-9798999075246","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}