{"product_id":"refund-stories-isbn-9781619026230","title":"Refund: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis collection of stories set in contemporary America--a finalist for the National Book Award--herald a work of singular literary merit by an important writer at the height of her power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe think about it every day, sometimes every hour: Money. Who has it. Who doesn't. How you get it. How you don't.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRefund\u003c\/i\u003e, Bender creates an award-winning collection of stories that deeply explore the ways in which money and the estimation of value affect the lives of her characters. The stories in \u003ci\u003eRefund\u003c\/i\u003e reflect our contemporary world--swindlers, reality show creators, desperate artists, siblings, parents--who try to answer the question: What is the real definition of worth?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \"Theft,\" an eighty-year-old swindler, accustomed to tricking people for their money, boards a cruise ship to see if she can find something of true value--a human connection. In \"Anything for Money,\" the creator of a reality show is thrown into the real world when his estranged granddaughter reenters his life in need of a new heart; and in the title story, young artist parents in downtown Manhattan escape the attack on 9\/11 only to face a battle over their subletted apartment with a stranger who might have lost more than only her deposit.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300383183077,"sku":"NP9781619026230","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781619026230.jpg?v=1767735578","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/refund-stories-isbn-9781619026230","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}