{"product_id":"9781845232146","title":"Sic Transit Wagon and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe stories in this collection move from the all-seeing naïveté of a child narrator trying to make sense of the world of adults, through the consciousness of the child-become-mother, to the mature perceptions of the older woman taking stock of her life. Set over a timespan from colonial-era Trinidad to the hazards and alarms of its postcolonial present, these stories have, at their core, the experience of uncomfortable change, but seen with a developing sense of its constancy as part of life, and the need for acceptance. The stories deal with the vulnerabilities and shames of a childhood of poverty; the pain of being let down; glimpses of the secret lives of adults; betrayals in love; the temptations of possessiveness; conflicts between the desire for belonging and independence; and the devastation of loss through illness, dementia, and death. What brings each of these not uncommon situations to fresh and vivid life is the quality of the writing: the shape of the stories, the unerring capturing of the rhythms of the voice and a way of seeing that includes a saving sense of humor and the absurd and also delights in the characters that people these stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peepal Tree Press Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047057637616,"sku":"9781845232146","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781845232146_p0.jpg?v=1763744946","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781845232146","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}