{"product_id":"the-younger-daniel-j-omalley-9798885740906","title":"The Younger: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Indies Introduce pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe stories in Daniel J. O'Malley's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e The Younger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e are transmissions from another place. A haunting debut from an accomplished new voice.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA boy shows up on a couple's porch one day and gently works his way into their life. Two friends find a knife in a field and find themselves caught up in a frightening game. On a family vacation, a woman serves her granddaughters berries that might or might not be poisonous. A widower haunted by an iguana relives the horrors of his past. A mother wonders what to do when her son brings home a bone he found in the woods, then more bones, and more...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns tender and unsettling, \u003cem\u003eThe Younger\u003c\/em\u003e gives portraits of characters in isolation, wandering the woods and highways looking for people they might call family, places they might call home. In prose elemental and precise, O'Malley unravels mysteries that lurk just out of view, hoping to make sense of loneliness and grief, the mundane and the impossible. O'Malley navigates the spaces in between and shows us a world just uncanny enough to be our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel J. O'Malley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798885740906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hub City Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Daniel J. O'Malley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49173937815807,"sku":"9798885740906","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-younger-daniel-j-omalley-9798885740906","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}