{"product_id":"9780312428792","title":"Welding with Children : Stories","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWelding with Children\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Tim Gautreaux\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn eleven raucous, touching stories, Tim Gautreaux's \u003ci\u003eWelding with Children\u003c\/i\u003e traces the course of sin and redemption through the lives of small-town women and men in Louisiana. His unforgettable characters include a grandfather who discovers, while taking care of his grandchildren, that they are growing up without any sense at all of right and wrong; a camera repairman who discovers a woman's secret in her undeveloped film; and a one-armed hitchhiker who changes the life of the man who picks her up. Each one a small miracle of storytelling and compassion, Tim Gautreaux's stories are \"a pleasure from start to finish. You want to hand [this book] to your friends and say 'read this' \" (\u003ci\u003eThe Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Both hilarious and honest . . . Gautreaux applies love and compassion, knowledge and ingenuity to create something superb.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Startling and redemptive . . . These stories suggest . . . that to be alive means being open to grief and accident, chance and wonder.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Move Garrison Keilor's Lake Wobegon stories to Louisiana, add heat and Tabasco, and the result would be\u003ci\u003e Welding With Children\u003c\/i\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gautreaux has perfect pitch . . . it's his fiction's coarse incongruities--epitomized by the book's title--that prove the limitless possibilities of limited geography.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Finely balanced, sweet and gritty.” —\u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A pleasure from start to finish.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Cleveland Plain-Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312428792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40675746578638,"sku":"9780312428792","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_2c39539d-72e5-4292-95d9-33d2f2814b03.jpg?v=1639971535","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312428792","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}