{"product_id":"the-lifeguard-stories-9780312186944","title":"The Lifeguard: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lifeguard \u003c\/i\u003ecombines Mary Morris's consummate craft as a storyteller with her gift for dramatic travel writing. In the title story, a teenage lifeguard sees his mystique among the girls on the beach dissolve in a panicked moment when he cannot save a child. In The Glass-Bottom Boat, a mother on her first trip abroad learns about trust from a solicitous stranger. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lifeguard \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerful collection of ten short stories that shows Morris's great sensitivity to men and women at moments of turbulence, uncertainty, and crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.49w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312186944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e29499 \/ Lifeguard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Morris\u003c\/b\u003e's books include the novels \u003ci\u003eHouse Arrest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Night Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrossroads\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Waiting Room\u003c\/i\u003e; the travel memoirs \u003ci\u003eNothing to Declare \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWall to Wall\u003c\/i\u003e; and the highly acclaimed story collections \u003ci\u003eVanishing Animals and Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Bus of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e. A recipient of the Rome Prize for Literature, she teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39952786161779,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_64fd83fc-c049-47ad-9ab9-705b2ae63f5d.jpg?v=1648565503","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-lifeguard-stories-9780312186944","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}