{"product_id":"bummer-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Bummer: And Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanice Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA clever and engaging collection of \"darkly funny, sexy, and very smart\" stories about women on the brink of disaster--and the edge of grace (Tom Perrotta).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The women featured in these stories have one thing in common: They're all having a terrible day. There's the housewife so entranced by the pristine order of her neighbor's belongings that she can't stop herself from breaking into their home. There's the mother easing her young son through the trauma of a murder, suddenly confronted with the reappearance of his father. There's the middle-aged woman stuck in a coffee-chain job alongside snotty college kids, the talent manager supervising a corral of misguided young stars, and the spiky-haired artist who literally dumps her slacker fiance--from a moving car--before engaging in an ill-advised fling in Vegas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Janice Shapiro has created a cast of utterly distinct outsiders, yet her earthy warmth and asymmetrical humor ring through them all. Her gift for pitch-perfect dialogue--along with her instinctual ease in writing about such fraught topics as commercial sex, death, and the everyday tragedies of growing older--makes her voice one to be relished: tough-minded, sardonic, intimate, and free.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanice Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eBummer and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. Her stories and comics have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe North American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e52 Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Santa Monica Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEveryday Genius\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eReal Pants\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Janice's graphic essay on her childhood crush on John Lennon appears in the anthology \u003ci\u003eCrush\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Berkeley, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.04 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700976586848,"sku":"9781593762964","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/bummer-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}