{"product_id":"this-is-not-the-tropics-9781496229861","title":"This Is Not the Tropics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories collected in This Is Not the Tropics come from the geographic center of a divided nation, and its protagonists evoke a split personalityone half submerged in America's own diehard mythology, the other half searching to escape tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[These stories] brim with timeless truths about love, insecurity, and the glue that holds relationships together. . . . Randolph gets each and every character just right.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ladette Randolph’s stories sink their teeth into the deep Nebraska Midwest the way that Flannery O’Connor tore into the heart of Georgia. There’s a wonderfully sly, deadpan sweetness at work here, so that it may take a moment to realize how odd and twisty the stories are. . . . These are beautifully crafted, beguiling stories: witty, wise, and wicked.”—Dan Chaon, author of \u003ci\u003eYou Remind Me of Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ladette Randolph’s stories have the sly, subtle intensity of a snake gliding through grass. They sneak up on their characters and the reader alike, invoking humor, grace, and wisdom before pouncing on us with exhilarating epiphanies that are as dark and brutal as they are hopeful.”—Meghan Daum, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Quality of Life Report\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“These are stories of compassion and surprising generosity, as characters who have been trapped find escape, who have been lonely find company, and who have endured loss face not sorrow, but transformation.”—Erin McGraw, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Life: Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A clear-eyed portrait of the plains.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e What She Knows\u003cbr\u003e A Member of the Family\u003cbr\u003e The Boy in the Band Uniform\u003cbr\u003e The Shouting Woman\u003cbr\u003e Miss Kielbasa\u003cbr\u003e It's Cheaper to Live in the Dark\u003cbr\u003e Hyacinths\u003cbr\u003e The Girls\u003cbr\u003e The Picture in Her Dream\u003cbr\u003e Billy\u003cbr\u003e This Is Not the Tropics\u003cbr\u003e After Canaan\u003cbr\u003e The Sensitive Man\u003cbr\u003e Dill\u003cbr\u003e The Blue Room","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409239056727,"sku":"9781496229861","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496229861.jpg?v=1730506095","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/this-is-not-the-tropics-9781496229861","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}