{"product_id":"2940156685356","title":"How The Heart Finds Its Form: Stories","description":"Twelve psychologically-oriented stories explore the choices, doubts, wishes and secrets of the human heart. In a range of story tones, from suspenseful to comical to emotionally-wrenching, men and women grapple with questions of love, attachment, flirtation, memory, anxiety, truthfulness, grief and the courage to live fully from the heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow The Heart Finds Its Form is a collection of contemporary American short stories exploring the emotional and psychological lives of men and women. The stories follow intriguing characters who try to understand their own hearts and find the courage to live from the heart. Among the characters:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young psychologist questions his actions in a disputed adoption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn anxious woman struggles to cope with her best friend's amnesia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lonely man tries to photograph the ultimate flirtatious look.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn alienated young college student writes to a manipulative prisoner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn unfaithful professor is tormented by a doppelgänger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA poet faces a distortion of the past and its power over him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wife fears that she may not really know her off-kilter husband.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo witnesses to a trauma cling to each other seeking release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor his first collection of short fiction, Ned W. Schultz brings a background as a psychology professor to the lives of his characters. How they face their inner questions and discover the courage to follow their hearts – these are the rich and thought-provoking themes of How The Heart Finds Its Form. The twelve stories include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Case of Baby Girl V\u003cbr\u003eIn The Morning\u003cbr\u003eNine Lessons About Looking\u003cbr\u003eBroken Pitcher\u003cbr\u003eA Breath Proceeding From The Mouth\u003cbr\u003eCave Of Machines\u003cbr\u003eWanted\u003cbr\u003eIn The Night Of The Fire Showers\u003cbr\u003eOne Big Family\u003cbr\u003ePoem For A Rainy Evening\u003cbr\u003eBackwards Day\u003cbr\u003eShot","brand":"Archtop Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083444109552,"sku":"2940156685356","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940156685356_p0.jpg?v=1764087079","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940156685356","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}