{"product_id":"miss-jane-9780393354386","title":"Miss Jane","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince his award-winning debut collection of stories, \u003cem\u003eLast Days of the Dog-Men\u003c\/em\u003e, Brad Watson has been expanding the literary traditions of the South in work as melancholy, witty, strange, and lovely as any in America. Drawing on the true story of his great-aunt, he explores the life of Miss Jane Chisolm, born in rural, early-twentieth-century Mississippi with a genital birth defect that excludes her from the roles traditional for a woman of her time and place and frees her to live her life as she pleases. With irrepressible vitality and generosity of spirit, Miss Jane mesmerizes those around her, exerting an unearthly fascination that lives beyond her still.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWatson, Brad:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eBrad Watson\u003c\/strong\u003e (1955--2020) taught creative writing at the University of Wyoming, Laramie. His first collection, \u003cem\u003eLast Days of the Dog-Men\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Sue Kauffman Award for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts \u0026amp; Letters; his first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Heaven of Mercury\u003c\/em\u003e, was a finalist for the National Book Award, and his \u003cem\u003eAliens in the Prime of Their Lives\u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565833097490,"sku":"9780393354386","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_97def932-f19f-461c-b858-9f08169bb287.jpg?v=1731888658","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/miss-jane-9780393354386","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}