{"product_id":"9780393079128","title":"Death Is Not an Option: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Ruthlessly frank. . . . Recalls Holden Caulfield by way of John Hughes.”—\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e (Editors’ Choice)\u003c\/p\u003e In these stories, a teacher obsesses over a student who comes to class with scratch marks on his face; a Catholic girl graduating high school finds a warped kind of redemption in her school’s contrived class rituals; and a woman looking to rent a house is sucked into a strangely inappropriate correspondence with one of the landlords. These are just a few of the powerful plotlines in Suzanne Rivecca’s gorgeously wrought collection. From a college student who adopts a false hippie persona to find love, to a young memoirist who bumps up against a sexually obsessed fan, the characters in these fiercely original tales grapple with what it means to be honest with themselves and the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These stories explode “with piercing insight . . . illuminating the dangerous dance between victims and saviors. [They] deliver us to the edge of grief, that precarious place where the moral compass spins—where codes of love and law and religion fail. Mercy here depends on a tiger’s sublime grace, our capacity to resist deeper harm, and the right of every broken being to remain silent” (Melanie Rae Thon).","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121467310320,"sku":"9780393079128","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393079128_p0.jpg?v=1769916406","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393079128","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}