{"product_id":"park-city-new-and-selected-stories-by-ann-beattie","title":"Park City: New and Selected Stories, by Ann Beattie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor more than twenty-five years, Ann Beattie's short fiction has held a mirror up to America, portraying its awkwardly welded families, its loosely coupled couples, and much-uprooted children with acuity, humor, and compassion. This triumphant collection includes thirty-six of the finest stories of her career including eight new pieces that have not appeared in a book before.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeattie's characters embark on stoned cross-country odysseys with lovers who may leave them before the engine cools. They comfort each other amid the ashes of failed relationships and in hospital waiting rooms. They try to locate themselves in a world where all the old landmarks have been turned into theme parks. Funny and sorrowful, fiercely compressed yet emotionally \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexpansive, Park City is dazzling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsed. Paperback. Good condition. Some wear and tear. Minor shelf wear to the bottom of the book. Medium damage to the spine and corners of the book. Minor damage to the top of the book. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carpe Librum Baltimore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66872896160048,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/1511\/6080\/files\/10293.jpg?v=1779841789","url":"https:\/\/carpelibrumbaltimore.com\/products\/park-city-new-and-selected-stories-by-ann-beattie","provider":"Carpe Librum Baltimore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}