{"product_id":"9780888644657","title":"A Minor Planet for You and Other Stories","description":"Told with arresting candor, Leslie Greentree's short fiction creates the satisfying sense of discovering someone's long-kept secret, or the guilty pleasure of overhearing a scathing conversation. A housewife indulges in monthly purchases of specialty vinegar and savours her romantic fantasies about the local grocery store manager; a daughter catches glimpses of herself in the face of her mother's suffocating attentions; a minor astronomer accumulates star charts and wasted nights rather than tender moments with his wife. A Minor Planet for You explores the often wry, sometimes dark but consistently fragile constellations of human relationships. \"Intricately and subtly developed, a smart irony permeates these stories.\" Gloria Sawai \"Leslie Greentree's stylistic see-sawing between comedy and tragedy is one of the main reasons why this book is hard to put down.\" Lisa Grekul","brand":"University of Alberta Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027954286832,"sku":"9780888644657","price":20.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780888644657_p0.jpg?v=1763854948","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780888644657","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}