{"product_id":"half-wild-stories-paperback","title":"Half Wild: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobin MacArthur\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This heartbreakingly honest and authentic fiction will make you weep over, laugh at, and finally cheer for, mothers and daughters, sons and fathers, lovers and losers, and the human race in general. \u003cem\u003eHalf Wild\u003c\/em\u003e is American fiction, and American literature, at its very best.\"--Howard Frank Mosher, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Great Northern Express\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNorthern Borders\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning nearly forty years, the stories in Robin MacArthur's formidable debut give voice to the dreams, hungers, and fears of a diverse cast of Vermonters--adolescent girls, aging hippies, hardscrabble farmers, disconnected women, and solitary men. Straddling the border between civilization and the wild, they all struggle to make sense of their loneliness and longings in the stark and often isolating enclaves they call home--golden fields and white-veiled woods, dilapidated farmhouses and makeshift trailers, icy rivers and still lakes rouse the imagination, tether the heart, and inhabit the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Creek Dippers,\" a teenage girl vows to escape the fate that has trapped her eccentric mother. In \"God's Country,\" an elderly woman is unexpectedly reminded of a forbidden youthful passion and the chance she did not take. Returning to her childhood house when her mother falls ill, a daughter grapples with her own sense of belonging in \"The Women Where I'm From.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith striking prose powerful in its clarity and purity, MacArthur effortlessly renders characters--men and women, young and old--cleaved to the fierce and beautiful land that has defined them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning nearly forty years, the stories in Robin MacArthur's formidable debut give voice to the hopes, dreams, hungers, and fears of a diverse cast of Vermonters--adolescent girls, aging hippies, hardscrabble farmers, disconnected women, and solitary men. Straddling the border between civilization and the wild, they all struggle to make sense of their loneliness and longings in the stark and often isolating enclaves they call home: golden fields and white-veiled woods, dilapidated farmhouses and makeshift trailers, icy rivers and still lakes that rouse the imagination, tether the heart, and inhabit the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn striking prose, powerful in its clarity and purity, MacArthur effortlessly renders characters--men and women, young and old--whose lives are inextricably intertwined with one another and cleaved to the land that has defined them. \u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning nearly forty years, the stories in Robin MacArthur's formidable debut give voice to the hopes, dreams, hungers, and fears of a diverse cast of Vermonters--adolescent girls, aging hippies, hardscrabble farmers, disconnected women, and solitary men. Straddling the border between civilization and the wild, they all struggle to make sense of their loneliness and longings in the stark and often isolating enclaves they call home: golden fields and white-veiled woods, dilapidated farmhouses and makeshift trailers, icy rivers and still lakes that rouse the imagination, tether the heart, and inhabit the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn striking prose, powerful in its clarity and purity, MacArthur effortlessly renders characters--men and women, young and old--whose lives are inextricably intertwined with one another and cleaved to the land that has defined them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41885595500679,"sku":"9780062444400","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8f56df311368a281ba922586089a8bb9.webp?v=1734079977","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/half-wild-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}