{"product_id":"9780006392033","title":"Red Plaid Shirt","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eRed Plaid Shirt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Diane Schoemperlen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiane Schoemperlen won the Governor General’s Award for Fiction with \u003cem\u003eForms of Devotion\u003c\/em\u003e, her collection of short stories and pictures. That same distinctive and wonderfully entertaining voice infuses this latest collection, a compendium of 21 stories chosen by Schoemperlen from new, out-of-print and favorite works. “Losing Ground” is a remarkable coming-of-age story; “The Man of My Dreams” pulls us into a place where we too wonder what is real and what is dreamed; and “Forms of Devotion” explores with delicate irony what it means to be faithful in a secular, consumer-driven world.\u003cp\u003eEvery one of these pieces shines with Schoemperlen’s fresh and often deadpan funny voice, offering a compulsively readable mix of deeply felt emotion and finely wrought intellect. \u003cem\u003eRed Plaid Shirt\u003c\/em\u003e was shortlisted for the Upper Canada Brewing Company Writers’ Craft Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780006392033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phyllis Bruce Books Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41089170931918,"sku":"9780006392033","price":15.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780006392033","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}