{"product_id":"the-friend-seekers-siamak-vossoughi-9781956046557","title":"The Friend Seekers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, comes \u003cem\u003eThe Friend Seekers\u003c\/em\u003e by Siamak Vossoughi, a poignant and timely collection about friendship, community, identity and belonging for readers of Lorrie Moore, Lydia Davis and Britt Bennett \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his new book \u003cem\u003eThe Friend Seekers\u003c\/em\u003e, Siamak Vossoughi's stories insist on tenderness and careful consideration to the inner worlds of others. A stranger learns to adapt to a new town; a family struggles to understand the death of a loved one in a public shooting; and in the title story a small girl contemplates the meaning of friendship and what it would mean for her father to have one. These are stories of yearning and coming-of-age, of identity and what it means to be Iranian and American amidst the ever-widening cultural divide. Even the most unlikeable characters are hard to hate under Vossoughi's pen as he prioritizes humanity in even the most difficult moments on the page. These taught, singular stories are disarming in their simplicity, but radical in their call to be a different kind of neighbor, citizen, and friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Siamak Vossoughi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1956046550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956046557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarabande Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Siamak Vossoughi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001050439935,"sku":"9781956046557","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-friend-seekers-siamak-vossoughi-9781956046557","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}