{"product_id":"dear-strangers-isbn-9780143118503","title":"Dear Strangers","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rug Merchant\u003c\/i\u003e once again \"empowers us to seek the remarkable in what we all too often overlook\" (\u003ci\u003eAlbuquerque Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As children, Oliver and Mary Finley awaited the arrival of their adopted baby brother-until their father's death shattered everything. \u003ci\u003eDear Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds twenty-one years later, when attempts at a family reunion take a shocking turn, revealing hidden truths about the southwestern town where all of them came of age. Luminously written, with the taut emotional suspense of Dan Chaon and Kazuo Ishiguro, Meg Mullins weaves multiple perspectives into a masterful portrait of a community and the consequences of destiny and choice, grief and atonement, and the unexpected bonds formed with family and strangers alike.\"This novel is a wonder: compelling, surprising, and peopled by vividly drawn and original characters who remind us that the most powerful stories can be the ones we tell ourselves.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Ann Packer, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dive from Clausen's Pier\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSongs Without Words\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eDear Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e is both lively and sober, engaging and thoughtfully provocative . . . [Mullins] empowers us to seek the remarkable in what we all too often overlook.\" \u003cbr\u003e -Robert Woltman, \u003ci\u003eAlbuquerque Journal\u003c\/i\u003eMeg Mullins earned her MFA at Columbia. The story that formed the basis of this novel appeared in the \u003cb\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/b\u003e in 2002.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301851386085,"sku":"NP9780143118503","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143118503.jpg?v=1767724869","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/dear-strangers-isbn-9780143118503","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}