{"product_id":"9780996668231","title":"Stories on the Wind: An Anthology of Short Stories","description":"This book is an anthology of short stories written by Gardner McKay. Many of these stories were recorded for Gardner's weekly radio show: Stories on the Wind, which aired on Hawaii Public Radio from 1995-2001. Here are a few synopsis of the stories in the book:\u003cp\u003eALL THAT MATTERS; a couple who writes trashy romance novels finds them to be stronger than realities of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAN INCIDENT NEAR SHAMBALAH; a married yuppie graduates to manhood among lions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBUTTERWEED; the radio Storyman who writes about the past is offered a listener's house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e41 NORTH, 49 WEST; on the boat deck of an ocean liner in the mid-Atlantic, a man considering suicide encounters a Titanic passenger from the neighborhood, held in the past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTO THE ROSE GARDEN; a woman who upgrades houses for resale, is destroyed by a rose garden she plans to convert into a badminton court. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMRS SONDEGAARD; A Nobel Peace Prize laureate is found to have evolved from a diabolic but pivotal childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eONE SUMMER IN CHARENTE; during World War II, a French farm boy kills a cousin and her lover, an enemy soldier. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQUID PRO QUO; a mother owl extracts revenge from the Fifth Avenue family responsible for her owlet's demise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE PINCHBECK GENIUS; a classic painter creates an artist to give a critic what he wants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE WITNESS' TALE; a well-meaning robbery victim becomes the victim of his own charity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shiptree Publication","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48257771798768,"sku":"9780996668231","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780996668231_p0.jpg?v=1763894887","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780996668231","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}