{"title":"Kelly Link","description":"Kelly Link is the author of White Cat, Black Dog; Get in Trouble, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction; Magic for Beginners; Stranger Things Happen; and Pretty Monsters. Her short stories have been published in The Best American Short Stories and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. She is a MacArthur \"Genius\" fellow and has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. She is the co-founder of Small Beer Press and co-edits the occasional zine Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet. She is also the co-owner of Book Moon, an independent bookstore in Easthampton, Massachusetts.","products":[{"product_id":"the-book-of-love-paperback","title":"The Book of Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE - In the acclaimed first novel from short story virtuoso and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kelly Link, three teenagers become pawns in a supernatural power struggle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A dreamlike, profoundly beautiful novel [that] pushes our understanding of what a fantasy novel can be.\"--Amal El-Mohtar, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Imagine a ring of David Mitchell and Stephen King books dancing around a fire until something new, brave, and wonderful rose up from the flames.\"--Isaac Fitzgerald, \u003ci\u003eToday \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eVULTURE\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHER WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Time, Town \u0026amp; Country, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, New York Post, Book Riot, Lit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Love\u003c\/i\u003e showcases Kelly Link at the height of her powers, channeling potent magic and attuned to all varieties of love--from friendship to romance to abiding family ties--with her trademark compassion, wit, and literary derring-do. Readers will find joy (and a little terror) and an affirmation that love goes on, even when we cannot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLate one night, Laura, Daniel, and Mo find themselves beneath the fluorescent lights of a high school classroom, almost a year after disappearing from their hometown, the small seaside community of Lovesend, Massachusetts, having long been presumed dead. Which, in fact, they are. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith them in the room is their previously unremarkable high school music teacher, who seems to know something about their disappearance--and what has brought them back again. Desperate to reclaim their lives, the three agree to the terms of the bargain their music teacher proposes. They will be given a series of magical tasks; while they undertake them, they may return to their families and friends, but they can tell no one where they've been. In the end, there will be winners and there will be losers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut their resurrection has attracted the notice of other supernatural figures, all with their own agendas. As Laura, Daniel, and Mo grapple with the pieces of the lives they left behind, and Laura's sister, Susannah, attempts to reconcile what she remembers with what she fears, these mysterious others begin to arrive, engulfing their community in danger and chaos, and it becomes imperative that the teens solve the mystery of their deaths to avert a looming disaster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to Kelly Link's incomparable Lovesend, where you'll encounter love and loss, laughter and dread, magic and karaoke, and some really good pizza.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103692853471,"sku":"9780812986501","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/5ar48qV3M19780812986501.webp?v=1781097452"},{"product_id":"white-cat-black-dog-stories-paperback","title":"White Cat, Black Dog: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eEDITORS' CHOICE - \"The Brothers Grimm meet \u003ci\u003eBlack Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . In seven remixed fairy tales, Link delivers wit and dreamlike intrigue.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Kirkus Prize - \"Thought-provoking and wonderfully told . . . so seamlessly entwines the real with the surreal that the stories threaten to slip into reality, resonating long after reading.\"--\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA new collection from one of today's finest short story writers, MacArthur \"Genius Grant\" fellow Kelly Link, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eGet in Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e--featuring illustrations by award-winning artist Shaun Tan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003eThe New York Public Library, \u003ci\u003eShondaland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate, The Globe and Mail, Electric Lit, Tordotcom, Polygon, \u003c\/i\u003eChicago Public Library, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinding seeds of inspiration in the stories of the Brothers Grimm, seventeenth-century French lore, and Scottish ballads, Kelly Link spins classic fairy tales into utterly original stories of seekers--characters on the hunt for love, connection, revenge, or their own sense of purpose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"The White Cat's Divorce,\" an aging billionaire sends his three sons on a series of absurd goose chases to decide which child will become his heir. In \"The Girl Who Did Not Know Fear,\" a professor with a delicate health condition becomes stranded for days in an airport hotel after a conference, desperate to get home to her wife and young daughter, and in acute danger of being late for an appointment that cannot be missed. In \"Skinder's Veil,\" a young man agrees to take over a remote house-sitting gig for a friend. But what should be a chance to focus on his long-avoided dissertation instead becomes a wildly unexpected journey, as the house seems to be a portal for otherworldly travelers--or perhaps a door into his own mysterious psyche. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwisting and turning in astonishing ways, expertly blending realism and the speculative, witty, empathetic, and never predictable--these stories remind us once again of why Kelly Link is incomparable in the realm of short fiction.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104760172767,"sku":"9780593449974","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/nGvX-1F3FB9780593449974.webp?v=1781111260"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/kelly-link.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}