{"product_id":"the-town-of-whispering-dolls-susan-neville-9781573661850","title":"The Town of Whispering Dolls: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF FC2'S CATHERINE DOCTOROW INNOVATIVE FICTION PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStories haunted by the remains of the industrial Midwest, the opioid epidemic, and the technology of war\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Located somewhere in the rust belt in the early twenty-first century, residents of the town of Whispering Dolls dream of a fabled and illusory past, even as new technologies reshape their world into something different and deeply strange. Dolls walk down the streets, cradling their empty heads and letting the wind turn them into flutes. A politician heads to Washington, DC, and leaves a toxic underground plume in his wake. A woman eats car parts instead of confronting the children who have forgotten her. A young woman falls in love with the robot who took her job at the candy factory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Town of Whispering Dolls\u003c\/i\u003e, it is usually the grandmothers and the children who grieve. Feeling invisible, in the story \"Here,\" a woman who has buried her children looks up at the sky where commercial and military jets fly overhead and tries to express her rage to the rich and powerful: \"Keep flying above us in your planes. From one coast to the other, keep right on flying over us  We test your bombs and your beloved warriors. Here. Right here. Look down.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Neville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1573661856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781573661850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e F2c\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2020 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2020","brand":"Susan Neville","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940932419839,"sku":"9781573661850","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d6119f81-1467-4a6f-aac1-8c7d5cca36c0.jpg?v=1681449979","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-town-of-whispering-dolls-susan-neville-9781573661850","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}