{"product_id":"trailer-girl-and-other-stories-isbn-9781582430850","title":"Trailer Girl and Other Stories","description":"“I talk like a lady who knows what she wants” is how the vagrant begins her story in “Trailer Girl”. As she struggles to rescue what she says is a wild girl hiding in the gully, the neighbors become more certain than ever that the child is imaginary--until there’s a murder. Stark and disturbing, “Trailer Girl” is the story of cycles of child abuse and the dream to escape them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn “Psychic”, a clairvoyant knows she’s been hired by a murderer, in “Leadership” a tiny spaceship lands between a boy and his parents, in “Venice”, a woman performs the Heimlich maneuver on an ex-husband, then flees by gondola, and in “White”, a grandfather explains to his grandson how a family is like a collection of chicken parts. Frequently violent, always passionate, these often short short stories are full-strength, as strong and precise as poetry.\u003cb\u003eTerese Svoboda\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five volumes of poetry and four novels, including \u003ci\u003eTin God\u003c\/i\u003e; a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eTrailer Girl and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; and a nonfiction book, \u003ci\u003eBlack Glasses like Clark Kent: A GI’s Secret from Postwar Japan\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305229799653,"sku":"NP9781582430850","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781582430850.jpg?v=1767742891","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/trailer-girl-and-other-stories-isbn-9781582430850","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}