{"product_id":"half-in-love-paperback","title":"Half in Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFourteen remarkable stories that combine strong Western settings with a subtle and distinct female voice. This critically celebrated debut collection marks the exciting beginning of prize-winner Meloy's promising career.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLean and controlled in their narration, abundant and moving in their effects, Maile Meloy's stories introduce a striking talent. Most are set in the modern American West, made vivid and unexpected in Meloy's unsentimental vision; others take us to Paris, wartime London, and Greece, with the same remarkable skill and intuition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Four Lean Hounds, ca. 1976,\" two couples face a complicated grief when one of the four dies. In \"Ranch Girl,\" the college-bound daughter of a ranch foreman must choose which adult world she wants to occupy. In \"A Stakes Horse,\" a woman confronts risk and loss at the racetrack and at home. And in \"Aqua Boulevard\"--winner of the 2001 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction--an elderly Parisian confronts his mortality. Meloy's command of her characters' voices is breathtaking; their fears and desires are deftly illuminated. Smart, surprising, and evocative, Meloy's brilliantly observed stories fully engage the mind and heart.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370093674719,"sku":"9780743246859","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/BiIAJcgv2o9780743246859.webp?v=1789150343","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/half-in-love-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}