{"product_id":"instructions-for-the-drowning-paperback","title":"Instructions for the Drowning - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Heighton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/em\u003e BEST BOOK OF 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"To say Heighton is an immensely talented writer is true enough but insufficient ... As good a writer as Canada has ever produced.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe unforgettable last collection by the bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Shadow Boxer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man recalls his father's advice on how to save a drowning person, but struggles when the time comes to use it. A wife's good deed leaves a couple vulnerable at the moment when they're most in need of security--the birth of their first child. Newly in love, a man preoccupied by accounts of freak accidents is befallen by one himself. In stories about love and fear, idealisms and illusions, failures of muscle and mind and all the ways we try to care for one another, Steven Heighton's \u003ci\u003eInstructions for the Drowning\u003c\/i\u003e is an indelible last collection by a writer working at the height of his powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Heighton\u003c\/b\u003e (1961-2022) was a writer and musician. His nineteen previous books include the novels \u003ci\u003eAfterlands\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book\u003c\/i\u003e Review Editor's Choice, and the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow Boxer\u003c\/i\u003e; the Writers' Trust Hilary Weston Prize finalist memoir \u003ci\u003eReaching Mithymna: Among the Volunteers and Refugees on Lesvos\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Waking Comes Late\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Governor General's Award for Poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170556153991,"sku":"9781771965354","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/94680694029df16c97ed8c40e9cb8766.webp?v=1733349092","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/instructions-for-the-drowning-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}