{"product_id":"guardians-saints-9781968148096","title":"Guardians \u0026 Saints","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe're born unfinished, in need of everything-love, food, attention, care. The linked stories in \u003cem\u003eGuardians \u0026amp; Saints\u003c\/em\u003e explore the ways in which modern orphans fail to thrive. A girl loses her mother only to re-find her, in altered form, in a grim institutional afterlife. A group of friends spins helplessly around the death of a beloved teacher when his selfless pedagogy is called into question. Faced with the incapacity of those they depend on, Diane Josefowicz's characters appeal, with varying degrees of success, to stand-ins: teachers, mentors, therapists, guardians, and, occasionally, saints. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJosefowicz, Diane:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Diane Josefowicz is the author of a novel, Ready, Set, Oh (2022) and a novella, L'Air du Temps (1985) (2024). Her short fiction has appeared in Conjunctions, Sou'Wester, Fence, Saint Ann's Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with her family.","brand":"Cornerstone Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51649016824082,"sku":"9781968148096","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_04f724cf-88b2-453e-b67c-97a1c98b5ec6.jpg?v=1759842626","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/guardians-saints-9781968148096","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}