{"product_id":"thunderstruck-other-stories-9780099592976","title":"Thunderstruck  Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the beloved novel \u003ci\u003eThe Giant''s House\u003c\/i\u003e - finalist for the National Book Award - comes a beautiful new story collection, her first in twenty years. Laced through with humour, empathy, and rare and magical descriptive powers these nine vibrant stories navigate the fragile space between love and loneliness. In ''Property'', a young scholar, grieving the sudden death of his wife, decides to refurbish the Maine rental house they were to share together by removing his landlord''s possessions. In ''Peter Elroy: A Documentary by Ian Casey'', the household of a successful filmmaker is visited years later by his famous first subject, whose trust he betrayed. And in the unforgettable title story, a family makes a quixotic decision to flee to Paris for a summer, only to find their lives altered in an unimaginable way by their teenage daughter''s risky behaviour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Elizabeth McCracken''s universe, heartache is always interwoven with strange, charmed moments of joy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese nine stories are filled with longing, guilt and violence. * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eJewelled and barbed with the beauty and brutality of real life, these are sentences of perfect weight and understanding. There are no fillers here, no stories that disappoint: the nine coalesce into something rare and understatedly breathtaking. Like the missing who haunt these stories, \u003ci\u003eThunderstruck\u003c\/i\u003e is unforgettable. -- Stuart Evers * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eWonderful, moving tales. -- Erica Wagner * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eAn electric blend of hilarity and despair. -- Bonnie Jo Campbell * O, The Oprah Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e[A] powerful collection. -- John Self * Independent on Sunday *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017532047703,"sku":"9780099592976","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099592976.jpg?v=1750773854","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/thunderstruck-other-stories-9780099592976","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}