{"product_id":"grind-mark-maynard-9781937226039","title":"Grind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This is prime American fiction--tough, generous, and open-eyed.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--ALYSON HAGY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMark Maynard's debut collection of linked short stories examines the characters of a town whose means and meanings are eroding away. In Grind, a homeless man wins the jackpot--and a large stack of pancakes (\"Jackpot\"); a prison inmate trains a horse toward life beyond the gates (\"Penned\"); a truck driver with the IQ of a child drives his empty rig up and down the interstate as an homage to his dead mother (\"Deadheading\"); a topless teen sunbathes on her roof as fighter planes careen overhead (\"Sirens\"); a grieving woman stores her breast milk behind the frozen peas (\"Letdown\"); and a pawnshop owner catalogues his wares by the natures of their violent pasts (\"Trading Up\"). In these stories, pleasure is cheap, heartbreak is a given, the past is dwindling away and the future is unsettlingly uncertain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Maynard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1937226034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937226039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Torrey House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/08\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/04\/2013","brand":"Mark Maynard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990843195647,"sku":"9781937226039","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a715e99c-d0cb-4514-88c6-e0f8d1bf6a9b.jpg?v=1683307005","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/grind-mark-maynard-9781937226039","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}