{"product_id":"chemical-valley-david-huebert-9781771964470","title":"Chemical Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction - A Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award Finalist - A 2022 ReLit Award Finalist - A Siskiyou Prize Semi-Finalist - A \u003cem\u003eMiramichi Reader\u003c\/em\u003e Best Fiction Title of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOil-soaked and swamp-born, the bruised optimism of Huebert's stories offer sincere appreciation of the beauty of our wilted, wheezing world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom refinery operators to long term care nurses, dishwashers to preppers to hockey enforcers, \u003cem\u003eChemical Valley\u003c\/em\u003e's compassionate and carefully wrought stories cultivate rich emotional worlds in and through the dankness of our bio-chemical animacy. Full-hearted, laced throughout with bruised optimism and sincere appreciation of the profound beauty of our wilted, wheezing world, \u003cem\u003eChemical Valley\u003c\/em\u003e doesn't shy away from urgent modern questions--the distribution of toxicity, environmental racism, the place of technoculture in this ecological spasm--but grounds these anxieties in the vivid and often humorous intricacies of its characters' lives. Swamp-wrought and heartfelt, these stories run wild with vital energy, tilt and teeter into crazed and delirious loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Huebert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771964472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771964470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 4.96w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2022","brand":"David Huebert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046652080383,"sku":"9781771964470","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0f87907-4863-421d-be64-2dd19d21bbc6.jpg?v=1684985723","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chemical-valley-david-huebert-9781771964470","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}