{"product_id":"matter-out-of-place-annelise-hatjakes-9781647792299","title":"Matter Out of Place: Stories","description":"A grieving mother ghost-hunts in Virginia City. A college student's field trip to the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel spurs a sexual awakening. A boy starts a wildfire on Peavine while trying to impress his crush. A schoolteacher is dismissed, and the aftermath unfolds in a schoolwide email chain. A woman tries on new identities at Burning Man. All must contend with their complicated histories and answer the question: is being \u003ci\u003efrom \u003c\/i\u003ea place the same as being \u003ci\u003eof \u003c\/i\u003eit? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Experimental in its approach and unflinching in its execution, \u003ci\u003eMatter Out of Place\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of bright spots of humanity in dark underbellies, a feminist reckoning with \"sin,\" and a love letter to the strange mirage that is northern Nevada. It inhabits physical and digital spaces with equal wariness, and its characters--filled with grit--navigate the fraught divide between appearances and reality, approval and judgment, gambling everything despite knowing that the house always wins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annelise Hatjakes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1647792290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647792299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nevada Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Annelise Hatjakes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47244399411455,"sku":"9781647792299","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e98c9c21-240e-4af6-9d67-491c2e1c5cb4.jpg?v=1758135649","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/matter-out-of-place-annelise-hatjakes-9781647792299","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}