{"product_id":"mannequin-and-wife-stories-9780807173916","title":"Mannequin and Wife: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Phillip H. McMath Award for prose\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMannequin and Wife, \u003c\/i\u003e the debut story collection from Jen Fawkes, sharp and imaginative tales trip seamlessly across borderlands, navigating comedy and tragedy, psychological and magical realism, the mundane and the marvelous. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers of these adventurous fictions will encounter a flock of stenographers, the strongest woman alive, a taxidermist with anger issues, an Elephant Girl, a fairy on her lunch break, and a married couple who live with a department store mannequin. Elsewhere, an American actor impersonates a code-breaking Britisher during World War II. A mother awaiting her son's return discovers his personal ad soliciting the services of a cannibal (and fears the worst). A criminal mastermind's prot?g? plots the destruction of Mount Rushmore from within an extinct volcano. A man buys a drive-in theater and transforms it into a carnival sideshow. And an attorney puzzles over how to leave someone his deceased client's heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fawkes's award-winning stories examine the vagaries of human relationships--mother and child, husband and wife, mentor and prot?g?--to tease out the startling complications that arise from our entanglements with those we loathe and those we love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJen Fawkes\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eMannequin and Wife: Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (LSU Press, Sept. 2020), and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eTales the Devil Told Me\u003c\/i\u003e (Press 53, May 2021), winner of the 2020 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eOne Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrazyhorse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoyland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest Small Fictions \u003c\/i\u003e2020, and other venues. She is the winner of numerous prizes, including the 2019 \u003ci\u003ePinch\u003c\/i\u003e Award in Fiction and the 2019 John Gardner Memorial Fiction Prize from \u003ci\u003eHarpur Palate\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, with her husband and several imaginary friends.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50478368162066,"sku":"9780807173916","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_410f674b-3238-418a-88cd-aa50c0d6759c.jpg?v=1730297829","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mannequin-and-wife-stories-9780807173916","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}