{"product_id":"9781491705711","title":"The Woman in the Black Raincoat: Short Stories and Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a diverse series of short stories that span a period from the 1940’s through to the 1970s. Among them, In “Homeless”,  a little girls builds a house for herself with  very  rudimentary materials, and comes to grief with the attempt;  a housewife recalls her first memory of snow, which is in short supply in coastal, British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn Back to Normal, a  young man returns home  after a long absence, only to learn his father has become a part of a medical experiment.  In Courney’s Reunion, a young girl turns to drastic means to reunite her family, torn apart by scandal.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn the title story, Marilyn and George cause curiosity and disdain in their upscale neighborhood.  Pigs rout in their lawn;  goats stand on their roof, plus chickens  are  everywhere…  but most baffling is Marilyn’s choice of dress. Her only apparel is a shabby black raincoat, which she wears at all times in all weather.   A neighbour’s invitation to her party could lead to some answers!\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn Shh,   Jake and Jan experience an abrupt change of life style when they switch their careers, from concert pianist and pediatrician to a joint venture in pyramid selling.   It leads to a startling conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe  poetry includes “The Moonlit Garden”.  It was  written when the author was thirteen, and launched her interest in writing by winning a high school poetry contest.  Ad Infinitum was published in The Vancouver Sun when she was nineteen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142442008816,"sku":"9781491705711","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781491705711_p0.jpg?v=1763658848","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781491705711","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}