{"product_id":"9781936747511","title":"If a Stranger Approaches","description":"\u003cb\u003eFifteen “alarming and gorgeous” stories from the National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author about the quiet terrors of American life (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Laura Kasischke, national bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Life Before Her Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhite Bird in a Blizzard\u003c\/i\u003e, both adapted for film, looks behind the quietude of domesticity to find the “strange and unexpected and sometimes extraordinary” in this collection of stories that “defies simple definition” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In “Mona,” a mother violates her daughter’s privacy certain she’s hiding a dreadful secret. In “You’re Going to Die,” a girl delights in the cruel power she has over her ailing father. In “Search Continues for Elderly Man,” a little boy’s invitation for a lonely old neighbor to come out and play takes a shocking turn. In “Our Father,” children camouflage their sleeping dad in dirty rags to protect him. But from what?; and in the title story, a woman agrees to carry a package aboard a plane for a stranger despite—or perhaps, because of—her fantasizes about potential disaster.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Populated by people coming to terms with a life that is just a little bit off—after there \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e a tiny mummified heart in a dresser drawer of a suburban home, \u003ci\u003eIf a Stranger Approaches You\u003c\/i\u003e is “an important addition to [Kasischeke’s] own body of work and to the contemporary literature of end times” —\u003ci\u003eNPR Books\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Sarabande Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154393252080,"sku":"9781936747511","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936747511_p0.jpg?v=1763658968","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936747511","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}