{"product_id":"daddy-stories-9780812988048","title":"Daddy: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girls \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a \"brilliant\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) story collection exploring the dark corners of human experience. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDaddy\u003c\/i\u003e's ten masterful, provocative stories confirm that Cline is a staggering talent.\"--\u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn absentee father collects his son from boarding school after a shocking act of violence. A nanny to a celebrity family hides out in Laurel Canyon in the aftermath of a tabloid scandal. A young woman sells her underwear to strangers. A notorious guest arrives at a placid, not-quite rehab in the Southwest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn ten remarkable stories, Emma Cline portrays moments when the ordinary is disturbed, when daily life buckles, revealing the perversity and violence pulsing under the surface. She explores characters navigating the edge, the limits of themselves and those around them: power dynamics in families, in relationships, the distance between their true and false selves. They want connection, but what they provoke is often closer to self-sabotage. What are the costs of one's choices? Of the moments when we act, or fail to act? These complexities are at the heart of \u003ci\u003eDaddy\u003c\/i\u003e, Emma Cline's sharp-eyed illumination of the contrary impulses that animate our inner lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma Cline \u003c\/b\u003eis the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girls\u003c\/i\u003e and the story collection \u003ci\u003eDaddy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Girls\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize, the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize. It was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice and the winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. Cline's stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Granta, The Paris Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. She was named a Guggenheim Fellow, received the Plimpton Prize from \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e and an O. Henry Award, and was chosen as one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Young American Novelists.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613052834066,"sku":"9780812988048","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9a31109c-7eeb-4692-be50-c50390caa60c.jpg?v=1732385475","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/daddy-stories-9780812988048","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}