{"product_id":"after-the-funeral-and-other-stories-9780593469842","title":"After the Funeral and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships--Tessa Hadley is \"one of the greatest stylists alive\" (Ron Charles, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eTIME, The New Yorker, The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hadley is pure magic and \u003ci\u003eAfter the Funeral \u003c\/i\u003eis a triumph.\"--Lily King, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author of \u003ci\u003eWriters \u0026amp; Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEuphoria\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn each of these twelve stories, small events have huge consequences\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Heloise's father died in a car crash when she was a\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003elittle girl; at a dinner party in her forties, she meets someone connected to that long-ago tragedy. Two estranged sisters cross paths at a posh hotel and pretend not to recognize each other. Janie's bohemian mother plans to marry a man close to Janie's own age--everything changes when an accident interrupts the wedding party. A daughter caring for her elderly mother during the pandemic becomes obsessed with the woman next door; in the wake of his best friend's death, a man must reassess his affair with the friend's wife. Cecilia, a teenager, wakes one morning in Florence on vacation with her parents and sees them for the first time through disenchanted eyes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs psychologically astute as they are emotionally rich, these stories illuminate the enduring conflicts between responsibility and freedom, power and desire, convention and subversion, reality and dreams. A vital addition to Tessa Hadley's celebrated body of work, \u003ci\u003eAfter the Funeral and Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003eshowcases what Colm T?ib?n describes as \"Tessa Hadley's extraordinary skill at making both surface life and deep interiors come fully alive.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTESSA HADLEY is the author of three previous collections of stories and eight novels. She was awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction, the Hawthornden Prize, and the Edge Hill Short Story Prize and has been a finalist for the Story Prize. She contributes regularly to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand reviews for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Cardiff, Wales.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626489778450,"sku":"9780593469842","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_823ffc80-7974-4adc-8f6b-a5e9b5869407.jpg?v=1732660183","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/after-the-funeral-and-other-stories-9780593469842","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}