{"product_id":"it-falls-gently-all-around-ramona-reeves-9780822947493","title":"It Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2023 Sergio Troncoso Award for Best Book of Fiction, Texas Institute of Letters\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Happiness and connection prove fickle in this debut collection of eleven linked stories introducing Babbie and Donnie. She is a thrice-divorced former call girl, and he is a sobriety-challenged trucker turned yogi. Along with their community of exes, in-laws, and coworkers, Babbie and Donnie share a longing to reforge their lives, a task easier said than done in Mobile, Alabama, which bears its own share of tainted history. Despite overwhelming challenges and the ever-looming specters of status, race, and class, the characters in \u003ci\u003eIt Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003estrive for versions of the American dream through modern and often unconventional means. Told with humor and honesty, these stories remind us not only about the fallibility of being human and the resistance of some to change but also about finding redemption in unlikely places. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ramona Reeves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822947498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822947493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.79h x 5.66w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2022 pg. 18","brand":"Ramona Reeves","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44133525324031,"sku":"9780822947493","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7be72661-5add-4ae3-b353-66565cfa925d.jpg?v=1687486649","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/it-falls-gently-all-around-ramona-reeves-9780822947493","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}