{"product_id":"9780006392347","title":"Real Life","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eReal Life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Sharon Butala\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1985, Sharon Butala’s first collection of short stories, \u003cem\u003eQueen of the Headaches\u003c\/em\u003e, was nominated for a \u003cstrong\u003eGovernor General’s Award\u003c\/strong\u003e. Her second, \u003cem\u003eFever\u003c\/em\u003e, won the \u003cstrong\u003e1992 Authors Award for Paperback Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e and was nominated for a \u003cstrong\u003eCommonwealth Award\u003c\/strong\u003e. The publication of \u003cem\u003eReal Life\u003c\/em\u003e, her newest collection, once again shows she is a master of the genre. \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReal Life\u003c\/em\u003e contains ten perfectly formed stories, singular moments of emotional intensity about the inner lives we all share. In “Light,” a woman whose sister is dying an agonizing death from cancer finds a compelling attraction to the stories of Holocaust survivors.In “Real Life,” Raine, a middle-aged divorced woman, runs into her former husband—and the still-sharp pain of an affair that changed the course of their lives. “Keeping House” tells of a daughter’s impending divorce, forcing her mother to re-examine her own abusive first marriage. Each story presents the moments of “real life” that all of us experience, stripping away defenses to reveal truths of pain, joy, anger, fear, or hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780006392347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phyllis Bruce Books Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41089169227982,"sku":"9780006392347","price":14.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780006392347","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}