{"product_id":"9780802199188","title":"Dark Roots: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Heartbreakingly detailed . . . vibrant—and vital” prize-winning stories by an Australian contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this “coolly exact . . . sharp, evocative and often poetic” \u003ci\u003ecollection of award-winning short fiction,\u003c\/i\u003e Cate Kennedy daringly travels to the deepest depths of the human psyche to explore the collision between simmering inner lives, the cold outside world, and the hidden motivations that propel us all to act (\u003ci\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e)\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Kennedy captures entire lives, expertly documenting the risks and compromises made in both forging and escaping relationships. Her “17 standout stories” are populated by people on the brink: whether it’s a woman floundering with her own loss and emotional immobility as her lover lies in a coma; a neglected wife who cannot convince her husband of the truth about his two brutish, shamelessly libidinous friends; or a married woman who comes to realize that her too-tight wedding ring isn’t the only thing that’s stuck in her relationship (\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e). Each character must make a choice and none is without consequence—even the smallest decisions have the power to destroy or renew, to recover and relinquish.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Devastating, evocative, richly comic, and “full of provocative messages, tantalizingly revealed”\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark Roots\u003c\/i\u003e deftly unveils the traumas that incite us to desperate measures and the coincidences that drive our lives (\u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e)\u003c\/i\u003e. “With an effortless talent for the comic and the chilling, Cate Kennedy has crafted stories that are sly, seductive, and surprising. A standout debut” (Alicia Erian, author of \u003ci\u003eTowelhead\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107134652656,"sku":"9780802199188","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802199188_p0.jpg?v=1763725755","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802199188","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}