{"product_id":"who-i-was-supposed-to-be-short-stories-9780743290371","title":"Who I Was Supposed to Be: Short Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Both sardonic and moving...Perabo clearly recalls how to hit home runs.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A stunning collection of short gems, revealing a world both foreign and familiar.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBehind every face in \u003ci\u003eWho I Was Supposed to Be\u003c\/i\u003e is a singular quirk to explore, a peculiarity to celebrate. In Susan Perabo's world, nothing can be taken for granted: here, a retired grocer takes up jewel theft in his twilight years; a data processor squanders her inheritance on one of Princess Diana's gowns; a mugging victim feigns amnesia to win back his wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the tradition of Lorrie Moore, Susan Perabo's slightly off-center lens looks hard at the banal and the bizarre, and at the human condition, where she finds extraordinary magic within the smallest of gestures. Sharply written and overlaid with a mischievous wit, \u003ci\u003eWho I Was Supposed to Be\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable homage to laughter, love, and wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerabo, Susan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Susan Perabo is the author of the collections of short stories, \u003ci\u003eWho I Was Supposed to Be \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhy They Run the Way They Do\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Places\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of Lisa Bellow\u003c\/i\u003e. Her fiction has been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePushcart Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew Stories from the South\u003c\/i\u003e, and has appeared in numerous magazines, including \u003ci\u003eOne Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Missouri Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. She is Writer in Residence and professor of English at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and on the faculty of the low-residency MFA Program at Queens University. She holds an MFA from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.","brand":"S\u0026s\/ Marysue Rucci Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327764369682,"sku":"9780743290371","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0199347f-93d4-4dbd-8937-ba84755ee321.jpg?v=1727720108","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/who-i-was-supposed-to-be-short-stories-9780743290371","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}