{"product_id":"9781462022809","title":"What You Don't Know About Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat You Don’t Know About Men\u003c\/i\u003e tells the funny, heartbreaking stories of 20 sometimes shy, sometimes sexy, often sentimental men who march through life as punch-drunk fathers, sons, brothers, uncles, friends and lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Burke’s debut collection opens with the story of Matthew Connors, a suburban Chicago teen struggling to protect his sister and brother while their parents vacation in the Petrified Forest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book closes with Brendan and Richard, two grooms in a seemingly uneventful gay wedding on a breezy Lake Michigan shore.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn between, we meet: Father Daniel, a cranky Southside priest seeking forgiveness for a long-ago affair; Roy, an ex-Marine battling hallucinations while sprawled on the Belmont Harbor rocks; Patrick Kincaid, a roofer whose boyfriend rides the Red Line subway acting like a young Lauren Bacall; Eddie Doyle, a haunted widower wrestling with his shattered Catholicism while his daughter hides a secret; Bug O’Connor, who tries to pass off a brash chorus girl as Patsy Cline; and four buddies who shoot skeet, bet at the dog races and fail to understand the women around them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese provocative, page-turning stories are crisply written with an epic minimalism to depict the triumph, defeat, stalemate and surrender of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129477382384,"sku":"9781462022809","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462022809_p0.jpg?v=1763675334","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462022809","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}