{"product_id":"twinless-twin-9781496244215","title":"Twinless Twin","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe James Alan McPherson Prize for the Novel, AWP Award Series Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwinless Twin\u003c\/i\u003e finds a family maimed by a troubled, enigmatic son, whose unspeakable actions leave the family reeling, torn between moving on and searching for answers. A twin who survives their sibling twin may sometimes be plagued with lifelong feelings of loss, guilt, and even a strange sense of urgency--a need to live two lives in one. In this story, the tragedy of the lost child reverberates through the surviving sibling and ripples through the rest of the family and beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set largely in twentieth-century America in the foothills of an unnamed mountain, this insular landscape breeds rumor, legend, desperation, daydreams, and a mystery that runs deeper than the family who inhabits its woods. Raising questions regarding culpability in the face of tragedy and the responsibilities of those who remain after a family has been splintered, \u003ci\u003eTwinless Twin\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately asks: What must be done to salvage the family, their reputation, and their homeplace? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDean Marshall Tuck\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer living in eastern North Carolina with his wife and daughters. His work has been published in \u003ci\u003eAlaska Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEpoch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWitness Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Tuck serves on the advisory board for the \u003ci\u003eNorth Carolina Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e and teaches writing at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623560249618,"sku":"9781496244215","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f5879cf7-f301-4fd8-8edd-23c904421186.jpg?v=1758640087","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/twinless-twin-9781496244215","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}