{"product_id":"show-don-t-tell-stories-large-print-9798217070381b","title":"Show Don't Tell: Stories (Large Print)","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eEligible \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eRomantic Comedy\u003c\/span\u003e “blends acerbic wit, shrewd insight and sharp-eyed observation [in this] bravura collection” (\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e), including a story that revisits the main character from her iconic novel \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ePrep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e Editors’ Choice \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA Denver Public Library Best Book Of the Year\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her second story collection, Sittenfeld shows why she’s as beloved for her short fiction as she is for her novels. In these dazzling stories, she conjures up characters so real that they seem like old friends, laying bare the moments when their long held beliefs are overturned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Patron Saints of Middle Age\u003c\/span\u003e,” a woman visits two friends she hasn’t seen since her divorce. In “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eA for Alone\u003c\/span\u003e,” a married artist embarks on a creative project intended to disprove the so-called Mike Pence Rule, which suggests that women and men can’t spend time alone together without lusting after each other. And in “\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eLost but Not Forgotten\u003c\/span\u003e,” Sittenfeld gives readers of her novel \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ePrep \u003c\/span\u003ea window into the world of her beloved character Lee Fiora, decades later, when Lee attends an alumni reunion at her boarding school.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHilarious, thought-provoking, and full of tenderness for her characters, Sittenfeld’s stories peel back layer after layer of our inner lives, keeping us riveted to the page with her utterly distinctive voice.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42869850832976,"sku":"9798217070381B","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9798217070381-l.jpg?v=1785866731","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/show-don-t-tell-stories-large-print-9798217070381b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}