{"product_id":"from-the-caves-9781636280028","title":"From the Caves","description":"\u003cp\u003e*WINNER of the 2021 Foreword Indie Book Award in Literature*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnvironmental catastrophe has driven four people inside the dark throat of a cave: Sky, a child coming of age; Tie, pregnant and grieving; Mark, a young man poised to assume primacy; and Teller, an elder, holder of stories. As the devastating heat of summer grows, so does the poison in Teller's injured leg and the danger of Tie's imminent labor, food and water dwindling while the future becomes increasingly dependent on the words Sky gleans from the dead, stories pieced together from recycled knowledge, fragmented histories, and half-buried creation myths. \u003cem\u003eFrom the Caves\u003c\/em\u003e presents the past, present, and future in tandem, reshaping ancient and modern ideas of death and motherhood, grief and hope, endings and beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrieto, Thea:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThea Prieto\u003c\/strong\u003e is a recipient of the Laurels Award Fellowship, as well as a finalist for the international Edwin L. Stockton, Jr. Award and \u003cem\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/em\u003e's Short Story Award for New Writers. She writes and edits for \u003cem\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePropeller Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Gravity of the Thing\u003c\/em\u003e, and her work has also appeared at\u003cem\u003e New Orleans Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLongreads\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEntropy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Masters Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Portland, Oregon, where she teaches creative writing at Portland State University and Portland Community College. \u003cem\u003eFrom the Caves\u003c\/em\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50861547192594,"sku":"9781636280028","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0b3132f6-444e-4af8-91d8-32c7480ffcff.jpg?v=1737597408","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/from-the-caves-9781636280028","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}