{"product_id":"9780871406811","title":"Starting Over","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of 2013 Rea Award for short fiction\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  One of the masters of American short fiction—author of \u003cem\u003eThe Light in the Piazza\u003c\/em\u003e—returns with a new collection of stories.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  On the release of her first novel in 1948, Elizabeth Spencer was immediately championed by Robert Penn Warren and Eudora Welty, setting off a remarkable career as one of the great literary voices of the American South. Her career, now spanning seven decades, continues here with nine new stories. In \u003cem\u003eStarting Over\u003c\/em\u003e, Spencer returns to the deep emotional fault lines and unseen fractures that lie just beneath the veneer of happy family life. In “Sightings,” a troubled daughter suddenly returns to the home of the father she accidently blinded during her parents’ bitter separation; in “Blackie,” the reappearance of a son from a divorcee’s first marriage triggers a harrowing confrontation with her new family; while in “The Wedding Visitor,” a cousin travels home only to find himself entwined in the events leading up to a family wedding. In these nine stories, Spencer excels at revealing the flawed fabric of human relations.","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027407945968,"sku":"9780871406811","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780871406811_p0.jpg?v=1763831305","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780871406811","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}