{"product_id":"holler-child-stories-9780593185957","title":"Holler, Child: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the Reading the West Book Award in Fiction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the Writers' League of Texas Book Award in Fiction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn extraordinary short story collection about community, home, betrayal, and forgiveness--from a writer whose \"spellbinding, buoyant\"* storytelling will break your heart as it tends to the wounds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e*\u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHoller, Child\u003c\/i\u003e's eleven brilliant stories, LaToya Watkins presses at the bruises of guilt, love, and circumstance. Each story introduces us to a character irrevocably shaped by place and reaching toward something--hope, reconciliation, freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \"Cutting Horse,\" the appearance of a horse in a man's suburban backyard places a former horse breeder in trouble with the police. In \"Holler, Child,\" a mother is forced into an impossible position when her son gets in a kind of trouble she knows too well from the other side. And \"Time After\" shows us the unshakable bonds of family as a sister journeys to find her estranged brother--the one who saved her many times over. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout \u003ci\u003eHoller, Child\u003c\/i\u003e, we see love lost and gained, and grief turned to hope. This collection peers deeply into lives of women and men experiencing intimate and magnificent reckonings--exploring how race, power, and inequality map on the individual, and demonstrating the mythic proportions of everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaToya Watkins\u003c\/b\u003e's debut novel, \u003ci\u003ePerish\u003c\/i\u003e, was published to great acclaim in 2022. Her writing has appeared in\u003ci\u003e A Public Space, The Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. She has received grants, scholarships, and fellowships from the Camargo Foundation, MacDowell, Yaddo, and elsewhere. She lives and teaches in a suburb of Dallas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tiny Reparations Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892634358034,"sku":"9780593185957","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a69accae-10ec-42c6-8256-2dfd68a350f6.jpg?v=1738199093","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/holler-child-stories-9780593185957","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}