{"product_id":"catinaas-haircut-a-novel-in-stories-9780299248406","title":"Catinaas Haircut: A Novel in Stories","description":"When Raymond Goodwin started work at a Michigan sawmill in 1979, the glory days of lumbering were long gone. But the industry still had a faded glow that, for a while, held him there. In \u003ci\u003eSawdusted\u003c\/i\u003e Goodwin wipes the dust off his memories of the rundown, nonunion mill where he toiled for twenty months as a two-time college dropout. Spare, evocative character sketches bring to life the personalities of his fellow millworkers their raucous pranks, ribbing, complaints about wages and weather, macho posturing, failed romances, and fantasies of escape. The result is a mostly funny, sometimes heartbreaking portrait of life in the lumbering industry a century after its heyday. Amidst the intermittent anger and resignation of poorly paid lumbermen in the Great Lakes hinterlands, Goodwin reveals moments of vulnerability, generosity, and pride in craftsmanship. It is a world familiar, in its basic outlines, to anyone who has ever done manual labor.\u003cbr\u003e At the heart of the book is a coming-of-age story about Goodwin s relationship with his older brother Randy a heavy drinker, chain smoker, and expert sawyer. Gruff but kind, Randy tutors Raymond in the ways of the blue-collar world even as he struggles with the demons that mask his own melancholy.A Michigan Notable Book, selected by the Library of MichiganBest Books for General Audiences, selected by the Public Library AssociationOutstanding Book, selected by the American Association of School Libraries\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paola Corso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Terrace Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299248406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/16\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaola Corso grew up in the Pittsburgh area. She is a Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award winner, a John Gardner Fiction Book Award finalist, and author of a book of poems, \u003ci\u003eDeath by Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e, and a collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eGiovanna s 86 Circles\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Terrace Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40189602529395,"sku":"9.7803E+12","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d48828d9-6a55-4617-8aea-911ad9ef33e8.jpg?v=1655817181","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/catinaas-haircut-a-novel-in-stories-9780299248406","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}