{"product_id":"vanished-stories-9781496232571","title":"Vanished: Stories","description":"Winner of the Raz\/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, \u003ci\u003eVanished\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of women and girls in upstate New York who are often overlooked or unseen by the people around them. The characters range from an aging art professor whose students are uninterested in learning what she has to teach, to a young girl who becomes the victim of a cruel prank in a swimming pool, to a television producer who regrets allowing her coworkers into her mother's bird-filled house to film a show about animal hoarding because it will reveal too much about her family and past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Humorous and empathetic, the collection exposes the adversity in each character's life; each deals with something or someone who has vanished--a person close to her, a friendship, a relationship--as she seeks to make sense of the world around her in the wake of that loss. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarin Lin-Greenberg\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eFaulty Predictions\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, and her stories have appeared in publications including the \u003ci\u003eAntioch Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStory\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of the forthcoming novel, \u003ci\u003eYou Are Here\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50485987967250,"sku":"9781496232571","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9e4f2156-8958-4312-b104-c61b190affa6.jpg?v=1730417118","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/vanished-stories-9781496232571","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}