{"product_id":"this-is-not-a-love-song-9780316382144","title":"This Is Not a Love Song","description":"\u003cb\u003eA debut collection of moving and darkly witty stories from an \"admirably fearless\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) writer whom critics have compared to Michael Chabon, E.L. Doctorow, and Dennis Lehane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Massachusetts Book Award \"Must Read\" Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWhen marriages, friendships, and families come undone, to what lengths do we go to keep it all together? That question lies at the heart of Brendan Mathews's buoyant and unforgettable debut story collection. A young mother watches as her desperate husband, convinced a hidden poison lurks inside their walls, tears their home apart. Two journalists bruised by romance and revolution, one a survivor of the Bosnian war, trade tales of lost lovers. A father and his sons haggle over the family business during a high-stakes round of golf. And a lovesick circus clown tries to explain the accidents that bound him to a trapeze artist and a witless lion tamer.\u003cbr\u003eIf Mathews's novel \u003ci\u003eThe World of Tomorrow \u003c\/i\u003ewas an \"outsized\" entertainment, a \"big, expressive debut\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), then \u003ci\u003eThis Is Not a Love Song\u003c\/i\u003e, two stories from which have been included in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, is glorious proof that he excels equally as a miniaturist. From rock-star flameouts to church burnings to ordinary people trying not to fall out of love, these stories are packed with vivid detail, emotional precision, and deft, redemptive humor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brendan Mathews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316382144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2018 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2019 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrendan Mathews, a Fulbright Scholar to Ireland, has published stories in \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eCincinnati Review, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications, and his fiction has twice appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives with his wife and four children in Lenox, Massachusetts, and teaches at Bard College at Simon's Rock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44125813407859,"sku":"9.78032E+12","price":41.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_5492c437-290f-43bb-b48b-c7bca95584a1.jpg?v=1764766257","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/this-is-not-a-love-song-9780316382144","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}