{"product_id":"nobody-gets-out-alive-stories-9781982180300","title":"Nobody Gets Out Alive: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e THE STORY PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a BEST BOOK OF 2022 by \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eElectric Lit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a prizewinning author comes an \"electric...stunning\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) debut story collection about women navigating the wilds of male-dominated Alaskan society.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Newman's home state of Alaska, \u003ci\u003eNobody Gets Out Alive\u003c\/i\u003e is an exhilarating collection about women struggling to survive not just grizzly bears and charging moose, but the raw legacy of their marriages and families. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside stories set in today's Last Frontier--rife with suburban sprawl, global warming, and opioid addiction--Newman delves into remote wilderness of the 1970s and 80s, bringing to life young girls and single moms in search of a wilder, freer, more adventurous America. The final story takes place in a railroad camp in 1915, where an outspoken heiress stages an elaborate theatrical production in order to seduce the wife of her husband's employer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rich with wit and wisdom, showing us that love, marriage, and family are always a bigger and more perilous adventures than backcountry trips\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review), these keenly observed stories prove there are some questions--about love, heartbreak, and the meaning of home--that can't be outrun, no matter how hard we try. \u003ci\u003eNobody Gets Out Alive \u003c\/i\u003eis a dazzling foil to the adventure narratives of old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeigh Newman is the author of \u003ci\u003eStill Points North\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir about growing up in Alaska which was a finalist for the National Book Critic Circle's John Leonard Prize. Her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's Quarterly Concern\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Story\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2020, she was awarded \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Terry Southern Prize, a Best American Short Story, a Pushcart Prize, and an American Society of Magazine Editors' Fiction Prize for her work in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50496168460562,"sku":"9781982180300","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b32e491c-b975-4cf6-8fa3-a957794386e8.jpg?v=1730691397","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nobody-gets-out-alive-stories-9781982180300","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}