{"product_id":"female-trouble-stories-9780743218726","title":"Female Trouble: Stories","description":"\u003ci\u003eFemale Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e features thirteen wise, funny, and startlingly perceptive stories about the vagaries and revelations of womanhood. Named by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the twenty best writers of her generation, Antonya Nelson explores the broad notion of family from myriad angles in \u003ci\u003eFemale Trouble.\u003c\/i\u003e Set in the vividly rendered Midwest, these moving stories are dark and honest portraits of people in moral quandaries, gray areas, unclear circumstances -- from the three-timing thirty-year-old man of the title story to the divorced mother of a turbulent teen in \"Incognito\" to the sexually adventurous daughter of an adulterous mother in \"Stitches.\" With \u003ci\u003eFemale Trouble, \u003c\/i\u003e Nelson has created a cast of memorable characters who reveal us to ourselves with disturbing clarity and conscience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNelson, Antonya:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eAntonya Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e teaches creative writing at the University of Houston, and is the award-winning author of three novels and four short story collections. Her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. She divides her time among Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460913991954,"sku":"9780743218726","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8e3861ab-fa7b-4dab-be2c-a2a9d15b0292.jpg?v=1730050220","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/female-trouble-stories-9780743218726","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}