{"product_id":"send-me-9780385338752","title":"Send Me","description":"Patrick Ryan's first work of fiction is written with such authority, grace, and wisdom, it might be the capstone of a distinguished literary career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the Florida of NASA launches, ranch houses, and sudden hurricanes, Teresa Kerrigan, ungrounded by two divorces, tries to hold her life together. But her ex-husbands linger in the background while her four children spin away to their own separate futures, each carrying the baggage of a complex family history. Matt serves as caretaker to the ailing father who abandoned him as a child, while his wild teenage sister, Karen, hides herself in marriage to a born-again salesman. Joe, a perpetual outsider, struggles with a private sibling rivalry that nearly derails him. And then there's the youngest, Frankie, an endearing, eccentric sci-fi freak who's been searching since childhood for intelligent life in the universe-and finds it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with wry affection, and with compassion for every character in its pages, \u003ci\u003eSend Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a wholly original, haunting evocation of family love, loss, and, ultimately, forgiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eBuckeye. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also the author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Life of Astronauts\u003c\/i\u003e (named one of the Best Books of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Times-Dispatch, LitHub, Refinery 29, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature, \u003c\/i\u003e and longlisted for The Story Prize) and \u003ci\u003eSend Me\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e the anthology \u003ci\u003eTales of Two Cities, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. The former associate editor of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, he is the editor of the literary magazine \u003ci\u003eOne Story \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003elives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51358927847698,"sku":"9780385338752","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_54114e8b-ac5b-4f52-9340-a4377c5c267e.jpg?v=1749575427","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/send-me-9780385338752","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}