{"product_id":"black-light-kimberly-king-parsons-9780525563501","title":"Black Light: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The stories in \u003ci\u003eBlack Light\u003c\/i\u003e are grimy and weird, surprising, utterly lush. . . . I loved every moment of this book.\" --Carmen Maria Machado, author of \u003ci\u003eHer Body and Other Parties\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith raw, poetic ferocity, Kimberly King Parsons exposes desire's darkest hollows--those hidden places where most of us are afraid to look. In this debut collection of enormously perceptive and brutally unsentimental short stories, Parsons illuminates the ache of first love, the banality of self-loathing, the scourge of addiction, the myth of marriage, and the magic and inevitable disillusionment of childhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taking us from hot Texas highways to cold family kitchens, from the freedom of pay-by-the-hour motels to the claustrophobia of private school dorms, these stories erupt off the page with a primal howl--sharp-voiced, acerbic, and wise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kimberly King Parsons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0525563504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525563501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2019","brand":"Kimberly King Parsons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045647511807,"sku":"9780525563501","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1efee0f-8df8-413b-bfdb-42d64d5e5d70.jpg?v=1684979917","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-light-kimberly-king-parsons-9780525563501","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}