{"product_id":"a-hand-reached-down-to-guide-me-stories-and-a-novella-9780804168748","title":"A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me: Stories and a Novella","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eJernigan--\u003c\/i\u003eand one of America's most talented, witty, and emotionally intelligent writers\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003ecome eleven \"\u003cb\u003egripping, sophisticated, gasp-inducing stories\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eand a novella populated by characters who carry the full weight of the human condition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Hand Reached Down to Guide Me \u003c\/i\u003eis populated by characters, young, old or somewhere in between, who are broadly knowledgeable and often creative and variously accomplished, whether as doctors, composers, academics or journalists. Terrifyingly self-aware, they are parents in assisted-living facilities, too many or too few people in their families and marriages, the ties that bind a sometimes messy knot, age an implacable foe, impulses pulling them away from comfort into distraction or catastrophe. In settings that range across the metropolitan and suburban Northeast, we follow their lives, alternately hilarious and tragic, as they refuse to go gently--even when they're going nowhere fast. Relentlessly inventive, these eleven stories and novella prove yet again that David Gates is one of our most talented, witty and emotionally intelligent writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Gates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804168748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDAVID GATES lives in Missoula, Montana, and Granville, New York. He teaches at the University of Montana and in the Bennington Writing Seminars, and was a writer and editor at \u003ci\u003eNewsweek, \u003c\/i\u003ewhere he specialized in music and books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43467003822195,"sku":"9.7808E+12","price":25.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_6a6595cb-0032-4e5c-82f5-31db5cde22e9.jpg?v=1755000885","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-hand-reached-down-to-guide-me-stories-and-a-novella-9780804168748","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}