{"product_id":"9781927428429","title":"Red Girl Rat Boy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eQuill\u0026amp;Quire\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGlobe\u0026amp;Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Best Short Fiction Title\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e Best Short Fiction Title\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eJanuary Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2014 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2014 Frank O'Connor Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Complicated, passionate, genuine.\"—\u003ci\u003eChatelaine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen. Young women, old women. The hair-obsessed, the politically driven, the sure-footed, the bony-butted, the awkward and compulsive and alone. Sleep-deprived and testy. Exhausted and accepting. Among the innumerable wives, husbands, sisters, and in-laws vexed by short temper and insecurity throughout this short story collection, Cynthia Flood’s protagonists stand out as citizens of a reality that the rest of the world will only partially understand. New from the Journey Prize-winning author, \u003ci\u003eRed Girl Rat Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of astonishing range and assured technique, whose voices—gothic, peculiar, domestic, and strange—remain as passionate and complex as ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Girl Rat Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Revenge and politics season this potent and passionate collection of stories. Flood excavates indelible histories that haunt even those who’ve shaken the dust of the past.” —\u003cb\u003eAritha van Herk, author of \u003ci\u003eJudith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Flood’s eye is unflinching, her language energetic and precise, her vision bracing, passionate and entirely lacking in sentimentality.”—\u003cb\u003eNancy Richler, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Imposter Bride\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The notary in ‘Dirty Work’ has ‘retired from witnessing how rough human existence is.’ Fortunately for us, Cynthia Flood has not … these stories prove her to be among our great North American fiction writers.”—\u003cb\u003eBetsy Warland, author of \u003ci\u003eBreathing the Page: Reading the Act of Writing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Raw energy is Cynthia Flood’s territory. This is a superb collection.”—\u003cb\u003eLaurie Lewis, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Comrades\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Cynthia Flood is full of surprises. If there’s one thing that characterizes her elegant, crystal-sharp short stories, it’s that element of surprise … they reward the attentive reader with surprise and delight”—Dave Margoshes, author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Book of Great Worth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183122890992,"sku":"9781927428429","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781927428429_p0.jpg?v=1763636642","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781927428429","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}