{"product_id":"2940016353852","title":"Babies' Breath: Stories of the Sad, the Sick, the Evil and How They Were Born","description":"“My heart burned as red-hot as the ancient round stones edging the fire-pit and my tears sizzled and steamed like spit when they hit the flames.  I thought of hell, in which I believed, and wished that I could pray to heaven, in which I did not.” – From Babies’ Breath.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this unique, sensory, and haunting collection of twenty-four, contemporary short stories, author Kathy L. Coogan explores the life-changing circumstances that her myriad characters face when confronting sadness, sickness or evil. The universal theme is the harrowing question, “What if?’\u003cbr\u003e In a fascinating bonus for the reader, she reveals before each story the writer’s secret of what small inspiration gave birth to it. \u003cbr\u003eMystifying, troubling, dark, and all utterly engaging, Babies Breath – Stories of the Sad, The Sick, The Evil - And How They Were Born,delivers an upheaval of emotions to the reader, through the beautifully crafted stories, six of which are summarized here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-          A defiant daughter, unconvinced that her father’s cult is the key to salvation, dreams of a way out before it is too late.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e-          A young woman wakes up in another drunken fog, hoping that she is home.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e-          A beloved wife struggles to swallow a tiny bit of food to convince her distraught husband to stay.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e-          A publicly humiliated ex-wife yearns to start a new life – but not before she seeks a fulfilling, funny and high-flying revenge.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e-          A shy, stuttering boy obeys all the rules until he finds a glimmering bottle on the beach.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e-          A lonely girl watches an alligator in her backyard pond wondering how dangerous he can really be.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this collection of short tales, including the award-winning title story, Babies Breath, some characters find relief and resolution, while others, as in real life, spiral out of control.","brand":"Publish Green","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146494820592,"sku":"2940016353852","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016353852_p0.jpg?v=1763634340","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016353852","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}