{"product_id":"2940153008158","title":"The First Honeymoon: New and Selected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eLyn Coffin writes with heart and humor of longing and searching—for place, for connection, for love. Here, among these 17 stories, an artichoke reveals for a young bride the fault lines already dooming her new marriage; a mother makes final amends for telling an unwelcome truth about Christmas by telling a comforting lie about death; a young girl navigates the madness of her mother, the possible evil of her father and questions about her own state of mind; and we are treated to an inspired retelling of the classic Tortoise and the Hare fable. Coffin’s fictions cross boundaries; they are funny, ominous and heartbreakingly true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho will enjoy this book: Fans of realist fiction, American fiction, poetry, and the literary fiction short story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sexy, smartly engaging and quirkily off-beat, these stories are a delight to read and ponder.” – Judith Roche, National Book Award-Winning Author of Wisdom of the Body\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Like Oates, like Updike, Coffin gives us characters we recognize, in spaces that are familiar—a coffee shop, a bar. She masterfully reveals the small yet extraordinary moments which eventually become irrevocable fate. Fiction worth re-reading: witty, wise, deeply imagined.” – Jed Myers, Author of Watching the Perseids\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IronTwinePress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171198976240,"sku":"2940153008158","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940153008158_p0.jpg?v=1764028004","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153008158","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}