{"product_id":"the-coast-of-good-intentions-9780618446513","title":"The Coast of Good Intentions","description":"Michael Byers's award-winning collection \u003cem\u003eThe Coast of Good Intentions\u003c\/em\u003e tells graceful tales of achingly unresolved lives on the Pacific Northwest coast. Byers captures the lives of ferry workers, carpenters, park rangers, and adolescents leaving home, against a backdrop of crab factories, cranberry bogs, the fog-shrouded shore, and the Seattle skyline. A poignant collection, these stories are \"richly peopled with compelling characters whose wisdom and experiences span the generations\" (San Jose Mercury News).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eByers, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Michael Byers's story collection The Coast of Good Intentions won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was a finalist for the PEN\/Hemingway Award. Long for This World was featured on the History Channel's \"Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine.\" The recipient of a Whiting Foundation Writer's Award, Byers lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and two children.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50326522167570,"sku":"9780618446513","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_15ac37db-db96-4a73-a2fc-6e15e1900c95.jpg?v=1727703358","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-coast-of-good-intentions-9780618446513","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}