{"product_id":"one-doa-one-on-the-way-isbn-9781640090873","title":"One D.O.A., One On The Way","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Robison's minimalism is more like a slap in the face: it's short, it stings, and you wonder who in tarnation did that to you.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnter Eve. Based in New Orleans, she's a location scout for a movie production company and complacently married to Adam. \"\"Now you know,\"\" she says. \"\"Our names really didn't bother me that much until the mail started arriving addressed to 'Adam and Eve Broussard.'\"\" He's just been diagnosed with a grave illness and gone back to the palatial family home where his parents reside. It's all just fine with Eve—or so she tells herself at the beginning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut standing left of center in this still–prosperous but mortally wounded family does not get easier as the weeks wear on. As she negotiates her way around the anger of Adam's despised twin brother Saunders, maintains her friendship with his beautiful and volatile wife Petal, and protects what's left of the innocence of her niece Collie, Eve finds more than the Louisiana heat oppressive.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eOne D.O.A., One On The Way\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRecipient of the 2018 Arts and Letters Award in Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A riveting read.” —\u003ci\u003eO, the Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “. . . \u003ci\u003eOne D.O.A., One on the Way\u003c\/i\u003e has all the razored style and zigzag tone one expects, but also a new connection to a bigger world, in which all of our circumstances are as desperate and hilarious as her characters' . . . Mary Robison's work has always felt like a glorious amenity, but \u003ci\u003eOne D.O.A., One on the Way\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful necessity.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Robison could work for a food or drug packager: she squeezes dire warnings into tiny spaces . . . [\u003ci\u003eOne D.O.A., One on the Way\u003c\/i\u003e] can be read in half an afternoon, leaving plenty of room for afterthoughts about Robison's funny and heartbreaking conversations.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “With a laconic voice and a despairing sense of humor, film location scout Eve Broussard narrates award–winning Robison's grim yet witty novella about the dissolution of a family and a city in the wake of Hurricane Katrina . . . Robison's narrative is jumpy but effective, interspersed with and informed by startling statistics.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[Robison is] a smart, brittle novelist... [capturing] in swift, acute sentences the comic hostilities of in–law relations, or the difficulties of caring for the chronically ill... With her lists, one–liners, and bullet points, she is a kind of bard of America's most popular suburban affliction, attention deficit disorder.” —\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Mary Robison is a woman of few words. But what powerful words they are . . . Pushcart Prize and O. Henry Award–winner Robison's searing novella is rendered in edgy vignettes . . . Robison is a master at delivering dark scenarios with mordant wit. \u003ci\u003eOne D.O.A., One on the Way\u003c\/i\u003e is an impressive addition to her ouvre, by turns horrifying, comic, shocking, and wise.” —\u003ci\u003eThe San Diego Union–Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Robison's spare, hilarious dialogue and collection of fragmented images, moments and excerpts call on readers to fill in blanks and to organize what looks at first glance like chaos glimpsed from a moving car . . . a vivid, witty ride.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Robison eloquently reveals the dissolution of a family . . . The southern novel's bread and butter are rich descriptions, thick as humidity and Spanish moss.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Robison\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Washington, D.C. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Pushcart Prizes, an O. Henry Award, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Fiction, and the 2018 Arts and Letters Award in Literature. She is the author of four novels and four story collections. She lives in Gainesville, Florida.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304249774309,"sku":"NP9781640090873","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781640090873.jpg?v=1767734157","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/one-doa-one-on-the-way-isbn-9781640090873","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}