{"product_id":"bratwurst-haven-stories-9781952271496","title":"Bratwurst Haven: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLinked stories trace the vocational and emotional bargains made by workers at a Colorado sausage factory.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It’s almost a decade after the Great Recession, and in Colorado, St. Anthony Sausage has not recovered. Neither have its employees: a laid-off railway engineer, an exiled computer whiz, a young woman estranged from her infant daughter, an older man with cancer who lacks health care. As these low-wage workers interact under the supervision of the factory’s owner and his quietly rebellious daughter, they come to understand that in America’s postindustrial landscape, although they may help or comfort each other, they also have to do what’s best for themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Over the course of these twelve interrelated stories, Rachel King gives life to diverse, complex, and authentic characters who are linked through the sausage factory and through their daily lives in a vividly rendered small town in Boulder County. The internal and external struggles of\u003ci\u003eBratwurst Haven\u003c\/i\u003e’s population are immediately and intimately relatable and resonant: these people seek answers within the world they inhabit while questioning what it means to want more from their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Often hovering on the cusp of some potential change, the characters in \u003ci\u003eBratwurst Haven’s\u003c\/i\u003e beautifully written stories share a yearning for more—a better relationship or job or simply a chance to feel content. These all-too-relatable struggles make the stories not only engrossing but also an intriguing and tenderly rendered study of this flawed world we call home.”- Rajia Hassib, author of \u003ci\u003eA Pure Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In these twelve linked short stories, Rachel King captures the magic of the American mountain west and the people who call it home. Her characters take work in a sausage factory, pull shifts at a bar to fund their art, struggle with booze and pills, or end up with a haircut after losing at poker. They also care for one another, offering kindnesses both large and small. In \u003ci\u003eBratwurst Haven\u003c\/i\u003e, King uncovers the complicated ways humans connect, and she gives it to us in prose that is as crystal clear as a bright Colorado day. It is a collection that builds with each story revealing more and more of the friendships and family that bind us all together—and that we cannot escape from, even when we try.”- Wendy J. Fox, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat If We Were Somewhere Else\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIf the Ice Had Held\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRailing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVisitation Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Friendship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Deal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoker Night\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildrearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMurals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt the Lake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrangers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMiddle Age\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePavel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBratwurst Haven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138443018583,"sku":"9781952271496","price":16.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781952271496.jpg?v=1751919422","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bratwurst-haven-stories-9781952271496","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}