{"product_id":"the-times-are-never-so-andre-dubus-9780879236410","title":"The Times Are Never So Bad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Pretty Girl\u003c\/i\u003e . . . may be the most compelling and suspenseful work of fiction  Dubus] has written.\"--Joyce Carol Oates, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStories of men and women attempting to live together, to tell the truth as they see it (or don't see it), and to survive the crises, and sometimes the violence, of domestic life. Now included in Andre Dubus's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollected Short Stories \u0026amp; Novellas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e) this original edition includes \u003ci\u003eA Father's Story\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the novella \u003ci\u003eThe Pretty Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. Upon its publication in 1991, Tobias Wolff wrote, \"'It is a world of secrets, ' says the narrator of \u003ci\u003eA Father's Story.\u003c\/i\u003e Andre Dubus's fine new collection is made of those secrets, observed with an art that is luminous with honesty and generosity. Dubus is interested in essential things--in the shadowy powers that circle our lives and the slender resources of faith and love with which we try to keep them at bay.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andre Dubus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0879236418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780879236410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e David R. Godine Publisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.54w x 0.56d","brand":"Andre Dubus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372327948543,"sku":"9780879236410","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_14cec752-c9d2-4d14-a9d4-272bf2a2250c.jpg?v=1732725640","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-times-are-never-so-andre-dubus-9780879236410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}