{"product_id":"9780735211032","title":"What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION \"5 UNDER 35\" HONOREE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE 2017 KIRKUS PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE LEONARD PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2017 by \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Living\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Electric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Root\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Guardian, Bustle, Thrillist,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dazzlingly accomplished debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends to one another and to the places they call home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn “Who Will Greet You at Home,” a National Magazine Award finalist for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In “Wild,” a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground. In \"The Future Looks Good,\" three generations of women are haunted by the ghosts of war, while in \"Light,\" a father struggles to protect and empower the daughter he loves. And in the title story, in a world ravaged by flood and riven by class, experts have discovered how to \"fix the equation of a person\" - with rippling, unforeseen repercussions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvocative, playful, subversive, and incredibly human, \u003ci\u003eWhat It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e heralds the arrival of a prodigious talent with a remarkable career ahead of her.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple Publications International, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025177788656,"sku":"9780735211032","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780735211032_p0.jpg?v=1772497965","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780735211032","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}