{"product_id":"9781324078678","title":"Simple Recipes: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA stunning collection of short stories, newly reissued, from a Booker-shortlisted and internationally best-selling author.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonging, familiarity, and hope suffuse these stories as they mine the charged territory of relationships-subtly weaving in conflicts between generations and cultures. Madeleine Thien's characters in some way want to make amends, to understand the events that have shaped their lives. A young woman searches back in time for the pivotal moment when her family lost faith in itself. Two sisters keep a vigil outside their former house, hoping their long-absent mother will appear one last time. A wife helps her husband grieve for the woman he has loved since childhood. A daughter remembers the simple ritual she once shared with her father and the moment when her unconditional love for him was called into question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompassionate and revealing, delicate and wise, the stories in \u003cem\u003eSimple Recipes\u003c\/em\u003e chart the uneven progress of love and lay bare the heartbreaking truths at the cores of our closest bonds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43631309094973,"sku":"9781324078678","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781324078678_p0.jpg?v=1789569196","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781324078678","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}