{"product_id":"because-a-fire-was-in-my-head-9780803225145","title":"Because a Fire Was in My Head","description":"Kate Riley is not the sort of heroine we meet in most American novels. Self-centered, shape-shifting, driven from one man to another and one city to the next, she is all too real but not at all the loyal and steady homebody of idealized womanhood. When we first encounter her, Kate is about to undergo exploratory brain surgery for a condition she herself has fabricated. Sobered by the gravity of the procedure, she commences a journey of memory that takes us back to the Saskatchewan village where she grew up and to the singular event that altered her forever and irrevocably set the course of her life. From her childhood, in which she was held captive to a mother gone mad, through her adult life, which unfolds as a mesmerizing sequence of men, abandoned children, and perpetual movement, Kate's story is one of desperation and remarkable invention, a strangely American tale, narrated by one of our most original writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynn Stegner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.88w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803225145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLynn Stegner is the author of four novels, including \u003ci\u003eUndertow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFata Morgana\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePipers at the Gates of Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e. The manuscript for \u003ci\u003eBecause a Fire Was in My Head\u003c\/i\u003e won the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Award for Best Novel of 2005. The book became a Literary Ventures Selection as well as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice selection. Stegner currently teaches fiction writing in Stanford University's Continuing Studies Program and lives in Point Reyes Station with her husband, writer Page Stegner, and their daughter, Allison.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40138422583411,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_96fd9c2a-6cc3-45c1-8461-77b5c47a3716.jpg?v=1654349403","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/because-a-fire-was-in-my-head-9780803225145","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}