{"product_id":"death-is-not-an-option-suzanne-rivecca-9780393339901","title":"Death Is Not an Option","description":"In these stories, a teacher obsesses over a student who comes to class with scratch marks on his face; a Catholic girl graduating high school finds a warped kind of redemption in her school's contrived class rituals; and a woman looking to rent a house is sucked into a strangely inappropriate correspondence with one of the landlords. These are just a few of the powerful plotlines in Suzanne Rivecca's gorgeously wrought collection. From a college student who adopts a false hippie persona to find love, to a young memoirist who bumps up against a sexually obsessed fan, the characters in these fiercely original tales grapple with what it means to be honest with themselves and the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These stories explode \"with piercing insight . . . illuminating the dangerous dance between victims and saviors. [They] deliver us to the edge of grief, that precarious place where the moral compass spins--where codes of love and law and religion fail. Mercy here depends on a tiger's sublime grace, our capacity to resist deeper harm, and the right of every broken being to remain silent\" (Melanie Rae Thon).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suzanne Rivecca\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393339904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393339901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.58w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/08\/2011 pg. 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/14\/2011 pg. 28","brand":"Suzanne Rivecca","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988144521471,"sku":"9780393339901","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c315c03-876b-4ada-aaee-5cc59de4b96d.jpg?v=1683292875","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-is-not-an-option-suzanne-rivecca-9780393339901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}