{"product_id":"bad-dreams-and-other-stories-9780062476678","title":"Bad Dreams and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eLate in the Day\u003c\/em\u003e once again \"crystallizes the atmosphere of ordinary life in prose somehow miraculous and natural\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e), in a collection of stories that elevate the mundane into the exceptional.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Her meticulously observed, extraordinarily perceptive stories are as satisfying as Alice Munro's. Yes, Hadley is that good.\"--NPR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003cem\u003e New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn NPR Best Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTessa Hadley has proven herself to be the champion of revealing the hidden depths in the deceptively simple. In these short stories, it's the ordinary things that turn out to be the most extraordinary: the history of a length of fabric or a forgotten jacket. Two sisters quarrel over an inheritance and a new baby; a child awake in the night explores the familiar rooms of her home, made strange by the darkness; a housekeeper caring for a helpless old man uncovers secrets from his past. The first steps into a turning point and a new life are made so easily and carelessly: each of these stories illuminate crucial moments of transition, often imperceptible to the protagonists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA girl accepts a lift in a car with some older boys; a young woman reads the diaries she discovers while housesitting. Small acts have large consequences, some that can reverberate across decades; private fantasies can affect other people, for better and worse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBad Dreams and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates yet again that Tessa Hadley \"puts on paper a consciousness so visceral, so fully realized, it heightens and expands your own. She is a true master\" (Lily King, author of \u003cem\u003eEuphoria\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHadley, Tessa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTessa Hadley is the author of six highly acclaimed novels, including \u003cem\u003eClever Girl\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Past, \u003c\/em\u003eas well as three short story collections, most recently \u003cem\u003eBad Dreams and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. Her stories appear regularly in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e; in 2016 she was awarded the Windham Campbell Prize and the Hawthornden Prize. She lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503011664146,"sku":"9780062476678","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_67f55873-8e59-4fc1-915f-09bb94e67bd9.jpg?v=1730780806","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bad-dreams-and-other-stories-9780062476678","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}