{"product_id":"family-men-steve-yarbrough-9781611176674","title":"Family Men: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of short stories about small-town Southern life along the Mississippi Delta\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of stories award-winning writer Steve Yarbrough effortlessly evokes the special qualities of small-town southern life as he examines--with subtle humor, keen insight, and unfailing sympathy--the relationships between ordinary men and women. Set in the Mississippi Delta, these stories chronicle the lives of men and women, often economically disadvantaged, who struggle through the complexities of life during the second half of the twentieth century. Though not explicitly political, the stories are set against a backdrop of a racially torn society in which inequality plays a daily role. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYarbrough's characters, though frequently baffled by life, achieve a kind of wisdom, if not happiness, through the bonds they develop. These eleven stories tell of a feisty, aging woman who finds pleasure in irritating her son-in-law, a barmaid who seeks to reorder her life by joining a church, a college student in an affair with an older woman, and a paralyzed country and western singer. Family Men is distinguished by seamless craftsmanship and shrewd insight into the human condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in hardcover in 1990, Family Men was the first published story collection by Yarbrough. This Southern Revivals edition includes a new introduction by the author and a contextualizing preface from series editor Robert H. Brinkmeyer, director of the University of South Carolina Institute for Southern Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Yarbrough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611176670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611176674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Steve Yarbrough","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44790327509247,"sku":"9781611176674","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6715519c-7166-48b8-bbef-13b719eaa590.jpg?v=1707288615","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/family-men-steve-yarbrough-9781611176674","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}