{"product_id":"texas-tall-short-stories-paperback","title":"Texas Tall Short Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the haunting sensitivity of \"The Piano Tuner\", to the vivid raucousness of \"Texas Clam Bake\", and the wild, sex-and-drugs fantasy of \"The Fishing Trip\", Mike Lowrie takes the reader on a journey through a Texas many readers may not be familiar with. Gone are the cliché cowboys and tumbleweeds of routine Texas fiction from days gone by. Mike Lowrie's Texas stories feature a wide and varied cast of characters and events, such as the day to day goings-on in a major symphony orchestra in \"The Piano Tuner\", or a strong independent woman taking care of herself - and others - in \"She's No Barbie\". Young African American boys are the heroes in \"Good Deeds\". There's even a lesbian biker gang in \"Texas Clam Bake\". Drawing from his own experiences growing up in Texas, the author writes from the perspective of a different character in each story, capturing the essence of a different kind of Texas - and different kinds of Texan. The stories may be tall, but there is a wonderful ring of truth about all of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67578099728607,"sku":"9781943492916","price":17.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/3V7zEFi8MQ9781943492916.webp?v=1790401935","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/texas-tall-short-stories-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}