{"product_id":"ways-to-spend-the-night-pamela-painter-9781938126352","title":"Ways to Spend the Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClare and her oldest friend from college had been planning this visit for the past three months. But only yesterday, her arms full of towels and pillows, Clare realized that it was too soon for her husband's study to become a guest room. First she needed to talk through her anguish and anger at finding him there, slumped over his desk beside the empty vials of pills, finding his folded note that said \"Clare.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA widower finds his stolen car and begins a relationship with the thief; a woman whose sisters levy accusations against their dying father wonders why he chose them, not her; a divorcing couple celebrates a final beach weekend with their closest friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn fifteen stories of loss and recovery, including two Pushcart Prize winners, Pamela Painter cements her status as a master of the contemporary story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePamela Painter \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of three story collections, \u003ci\u003eWouldn't You Like to Know\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGetting to Know the Weather\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the GLCA Award for First Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eThe Long and Short of It\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eWhat If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers\u003c\/i\u003e. Her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMid-American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuick Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and in numerous anthologies, such as \u003ci\u003eSudden Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlash Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlash Fiction Forward \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMicroFiction\u003c\/i\u003e. She has won three Pushcart Prizes and \u003ci\u003eAgni Review\u003c\/i\u003e's John Cheever Award for Fiction. Painter lives in Boston and teaches in the writing, literature and publishing program at Emerson College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pamela Painter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938126351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938126352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Engine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/04\/2016\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pamela Painter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937641660671,"sku":"9781938126352","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_fd55ea5e-6c91-428f-89d7-e1cd2e059453.jpg?v=1681431234","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ways-to-spend-the-night-pamela-painter-9781938126352","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}