{"product_id":"last-call-9780803271715","title":"Last Call","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this tenth anniversary edition of K. L. Cook's debut collection, the linked stories of \u003ci\u003eLast Call\u003c\/i\u003e span three generations in the life of one West Texas family. Events both tender and tragic lead to a strange and lovely vision of a world stitched together in tenuous ways as the characters struggle to make sense of their lives amid the shifting boundaries of marriage, family, class, and culture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA series of unusual incidents--a daughter's elopement, a sobering holiday trip, a vicious attack by the family dog, a lightning strike--provokes a mother of five to abandon her children. An oil rigger, inspired by sun-induced hallucinations, rescues his estranged wife, who doesn't appreciate his chivalry. In the wake of his father's and brother's deaths, a teenage boy finds precarious solace working with his mother at a country-western bar. A woman fleeing her fourth marriage arrives at a complicated understanding of love and responsibility. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCook's stories--suggesting unlikely connections between comedy and pathos, cruelty and generosity--promise a hard-won dignity and hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eK. L. Cook is the author of two other award-winning books of fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl from Charnelle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLove Songs for the Quarantined\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches creative writing and literature at Prescott College and teaches in the MFA writing program at Spalding University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413089030418,"sku":"9780803271715","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_07f601ba-eb49-4f70-9f4f-6f8b45a2f577.jpg?v=1729345607","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/last-call-9780803271715","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}