{"product_id":"byrd-kim-church-9781938604522","title":"Byrd","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Brilliant writing--lively and heartbreaking at every turn.\"--Jill McCorkle, author of \u003ci\u003eLife After Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this debut novel, 33-year-old Addie Lockwood bears and surrenders for adoption a son, her only child, without telling his father, little imagining how the secret will shape their lives. Through letters and spare, precisely observed vignettes, \u003ci\u003eByrd\u003c\/i\u003e explores a birth mother's coming to make and live with the most difficult, intimate, and far-reaching of choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKim Church's\u003c\/b\u003e stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePainted Bride Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlash Fiction Forward\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she has received fellowships from the North Carolina Arts Council, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Millay Colony, and Vermont Studio Center . She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband, artist Anthony Ulinski. \u003ci\u003eByrd\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kim Church\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938604520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938604522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards - Bronze Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Chautauqua Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2014","brand":"Kim Church","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978860888319,"sku":"9781938604522","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2d3de01-7372-4b7a-9869-4133311d52b6.jpg?v=1683243318","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/byrd-kim-church-9781938604522","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}