{"product_id":"eighteen-paperback","title":"Eighteen - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSandy Steinman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Eighteen, \u003c\/em\u003eby Sandy Steinman, is authentic, penetrative, and wise. Here is an amalgam of fiction and memoir, of tradition and culture rendered with a diamond cutter's precision and art. Here are small stories that have much to impart: so honestly, so engagingly - here is an illuminated manuscript of journeys: personal, yet universal, and supremely captivating.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Robert Scotellaro, author of \u003cem\u003eMeasuring the Distance\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWays to Read the World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This writer is brilliant!! I'm floored by the stories I've read - her attention to detail and playfulness of language. Sandy Steinman has a seriously wonderful and vibrant voice.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Meg Pokrass, author of \u003cem\u003eSpinning to Mars\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCellulose Pajamas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This accomplished collection of flash fiction\/flash memoir delights the reader with humor and wisdom as it excavates the universal mysteries of the human heart. Alive with the things that a reader might desire - anecdotes, shining everyday details, family history, quirky characters -these stories are Sandy Steinman's generous life gift to us.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Mary Kay Rummel, Poet Laureate Emerita of Ventura County, California\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor of \u003cem\u003eThe Lifeline Trembles \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eNocturnes: Between Flesh and Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eEighteen\u003c\/em\u003e, Sandy Steinman offers vignettes about growing up in mid-20th century Brooklyn, New York. She writes in the voice of wife, mother, daughter, neighbor, even an Iranian cab driver. With humor and often unusual anecdotes, Steinman reveals a world where a daughter is visited by the ghost of her father, a mother loses her memory, a Jewish department store owner is chastised for having a Santa Claus, and a young girl is pressured into marrying by 18. The book ends with an astonishing synopsis of a long life from age 2, sitting on a pony, to a stunning portrait of the author with her aging mother.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Michelle Demers, author of \u003cem\u003eGreen Mountain Zen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 74\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42120696692871,"sku":"9781421835372","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/443d7c8ae76ee120a2e4ae3c59fbebf1.webp?v=1732548768","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/eighteen-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}