{"product_id":"born-on-a-train-thirteen-stories-9780312301859","title":"Born on a Train: Thirteen Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo years ago--at twenty-two--John McManus captivated writers and critics with his first story collection and became the youngest recipient of the Whiting Writers Award. Now McManus returns with a collection of stories equally piercing and visionary: stories about the young and old, compromised by circumstance and curiosity, and undergoing startling transformations. In \"Eastbound,\" a car driven by two elderly sisters breaks down on an elevated highway: Beneath them lies the lost country of the South, overrun with concrete and shopping centers but still possessing the spectres and secrets of the past. In \"Brood,\" a plucky young heroine moves with her mother into the home of the mother's online boyfriend: She will use the\u003ci\u003e Audubon Guide to Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, and her own wits to survive the advances of the boyfriend's teenaged son. In \"Cowry,\" two backpackers in New Zealand race to witness the first sunrise of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John McManus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312301859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 1723\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2003 pg. 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/24\/2003 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn McManus\u003c\/b\u003e's stories have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e. He was raised in Blount County, Tennessee, and now lives in Austin, Texas.\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":44114209996915,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f26c7ddf-0f14-4c59-8523-1218abd73029.jpg?v=1764162442","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/born-on-a-train-thirteen-stories-9780312301859","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}