{"product_id":"daydreams-of-angels-stories-9780374717889","title":"Daydreams of Angels: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fantastic has always been at the edges of Heather O'Neill's work. In her bestselling novels, \u003ci\u003eLullabies for Little Criminals\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Was Saturday Night\u003c\/i\u003e, she transforms the shabbiest streets of Montreal with her beautiful, freewheeling metaphors. She describes the smallest of things--a stray cat or a secondhand coat--with an intensity that makes them otherworldly. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDaydreams of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, O'Neill's first collection of short stories, she gives free rein to her imaginative gifts. In \"Swan Lake for Beginners,\" generations of Nureyev clones live out their lives in a grand Soviet experiment. In \"The Holy Dove Parade,\" a teenage cult follower writes a letter to explain the motivation behind her crime. And in another tale, a grandmother reveals where babies come from: the beach, where young mothers-to-be hunt for infants in the surf. Each of these beguiling stories twists the beloved narratives of childhood--fairy tales, fables, Bible parables--to uncover the deepest truths of family life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeather O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. Her novel \u003ci\u003eLullabies for Little Criminals\u003c\/i\u003e, an international bestseller, won the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the Canada Reads competition in 2007; was short-listed for six prizes, including the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Governor General's Literary Award; and was long-listed for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Was Saturday Night\u003c\/i\u003e, was short-listed for the 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize. She lives in Montreal, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491699888402,"sku":"9780374717889","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a90156d6-b9ad-4d67-999d-fc58616cbc3a.jpg?v=1730550553","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/daydreams-of-angels-stories-9780374717889","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}