{"product_id":"9781593766566","title":"Another Place You've Never Been","description":"\u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the 2016 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\u003cbr\u003e\"A wonderful debut . . . Undeniably moving and emotionally true.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred and boxed review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of us have experienced what it’s like to know what someone is going to say right before they say it. Or perhaps you have been shocked by the irrefutable phenomena of coincidence, when your life intersects with another’s in the most unlikely way. In gripping prose marked by stark simplicity, \u003ci\u003eAnother Place You’ve Never Been\u003c\/i\u003e by debut novelist Rebecca Kauffman explores the intersection of human experience amidst the minutiae of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her mid-thirties and still living in her hometown Buffalo, NY, Tracy spends most days at the restaurant where she works as a hostess, despite her aspirations of a career that would make use of her creative talents. Tracy’s life is explored not only though her own personal point of view, but also through the viewpoints of other characters, wherein Tracy may only make a peripheral appearance or even emerge at different periods in her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis wonderful novel hails the emotional complexity and narrative scope of \u003ci\u003eA Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e, and resonates with the strong mystical nature of \u003ci\u003eSwamplandia\u003c\/i\u003e. At its core, \u003ci\u003eAnother Place You've Never Been\u003c\/i\u003e is a broad investigation of such bold ideas as the possibility that any person, at any time, in any place, could find themselves shivering in the presence of great and ancient forces; and the notion that love is perhaps \"far less voluntary\" than we might believe it to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soft Skull Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041091895536,"sku":"9781593766566","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593766566_p0.jpg?v=1763811229","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593766566","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}