{"product_id":"wife-with-knife-molly-giles-9781948585293","title":"Wife with Knife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pushcart Prize and the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeapfrog Global Fiction Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This collection is her best ever.\" AMY TAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWife with Knife\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of quick and quirky short stories, that are an utter delight and winner of the Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Molly Giles' stories have always been among my favorites since I first read her work thirty-seven years ago. This collection is her best ever. What an irreverent, original voice! I found myself gasping in shock and laughter, feeling at the end of each tale that I had garnered strange wisdom on the human heart and its unerring sense for finding trouble.\"--\u003cb\u003eAmy Tan\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Joy Luck Club\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe speakers in Molly Giles's \u003ci\u003eWife With Knife\u003c\/i\u003e offer their truths with surprising starkness: \"[T]he actual heart looks more like a tongue than a valentine\" states the grief-flayed aunt of \"Agate Beach,\" while the careless driver of \"Accident\" thinks \"If I rear-ended anyone in California, I might be sued or shot but I would not be prayed upon.\" Many of the stories are not traditional narratives but glimpses of the trouble or healing that lies ahead: teens refusing to heed traffic, lovers staring down death and betrayal and closure. Like a street magician's trick, \u003ci\u003eWife With Knife\u003c\/i\u003e holds out each everyday tragedy or quiet triumph only to replace it seamlessly with another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Molly Giles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948585294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948585293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Leapfrog Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.95w x 0.50d","brand":"Molly Giles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44173039894783,"sku":"9781948585293","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f61e95c-61cc-4f56-869d-946458bfda1b.jpg?v=1689790716","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wife-with-knife-molly-giles-9781948585293","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}