{"product_id":"molly-9781637680025","title":"Molly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMolly\u003c\/i\u003e by Kevin Honold was selected by Dan Chaon as the winner of the 2020 Autumn House Fiction Prize and is a compelling story of enduring hardships in rural New Mexico.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis debut novel tells the story of nine-year-old Raymond, nicknamed \"Ray Moon\" by Molly, his adoptive caretaker, a waitress, and the former partner of his recently deceased uncle. These two outcasts rely on one another for survival, and their bond forms the heart of this book. Living atop a mesa in the high desert of New Mexico in 1968, Raymond ages quickly amid hostile circumstances. With the help of a keen imagination that Molly inspires, he navigates various forms of loss and exploitation amid enduring hardship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin Honold's deft and trance-like prose is interspersed with sharp insights and brings attention to the hardships of capitalism, the ills of misogyny, and the raw hurt of living a displaced or marginalized life. This is a story of endurance, memory, and unceasing change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Honold\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels, \u003ci\u003e Our Lady of Good Voyage \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the 2021 Orison Fiction Prize) and \u003ci\u003eMolly \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the 2020 Autumn House Fiction Prize), an essay collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Rock Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 2019 River Teeth Book Prize), and a poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eMen as Trees Walking\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 2009 OSU Press\/\u003ci\u003eThe Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award). Honold is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, and is currently a History and Special Education teacher in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Autumn House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51176305721618,"sku":"9781637680025","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c22c9530-84d4-445a-a3b2-6311dadb6d11.jpg?v=1744298693","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/molly-9781637680025","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}