{"product_id":"train-wreck-girl-sean-carswell-9781933149219","title":"Train Wreck Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Sean Carswell is a wonderful storyteller. . . . Reading his stuff makes you laugh and makes you think.\"--Howard Zinn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" Carswell's writing is] the antidote to what is so boring or safe or wrong with modern book publishing.\"--Joe Meno, author of \u003ci\u003eHairstyles of the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrain Wreck Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is the funny and tragic story of one man's quest to figure out what to do with his life now that it's too late for him to die young.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter finding his girlfriend dead on the railroad tracks right after breaking up with her, Danny McGregor--Flagstaff bartender and surfer without an ocean--rides the next bus out of Arizona, fleeing to his Cocoa Beach, Florida, hometown, where a maelstrom of past ghosts await.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in Florida, his treacherous friend, Bart, finds Danny a job picking up corpses. Sophie, a former crazy girlfriend who stabbed Danny, wants to rekindle their relationship. Taylor, a twelve-year-old neighborhood girl, only wants Danny to teach her to surf. And then there's Helen, with a face that launched a dozen Greyhounds. Through the chaos, Danny discovers his strengths amid all his weaknesses and is able to move forward while making peace with his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean Carswell\u003c\/b\u003e is a former carpenter, housepainter, dishwasher, and warehouse clerk. His fiction has appeared in dozens of literary journals. He has been a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eFlipside\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClamor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInk 19\u003c\/i\u003e, and is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eRazorcake\u003c\/i\u003e. A co-founder of Gorsky Press, he is currently a professor at the University of California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean Carswell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933149213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933149219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manic D Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 6.25w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/21\/2008 pg. 141","brand":"Sean Carswell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937527890175,"sku":"9781933149219","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_87be34d6-8f45-4769-bd98-9e4c3b6cda28.jpg?v=1681430600","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/train-wreck-girl-sean-carswell-9781933149219","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}