{"product_id":"on-the-way-stories-paperback","title":"On the Way: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCyn Vargas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCyn Vargas's debut explores the whims and follies of the heart. When a mother disappears in Guatemala, her daughter refuses to accept she's gone; a divorced DMV employee falls in love during a driving lesson; a young girl shares a well-kept family secret; a bad haircut is the last straw in a crumbling marriage.\u003cbr\u003e This elegant and lovely set of stories by a master of the craft won widespread praise in its first printing; this revised new edition promises to bring her work to the wider audience she deserves. Join us on this trip from the frozen north to the tropical south, and through the hopes and fears and dreams and visions that keep us cycling through new destinations and old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCyn Vargas' short story collection, \u003ci\u003eOn The Way\u003c\/i\u003e, received positive reviews from \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeavy Feather Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNecessary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Book accolades include: \u003ci\u003eBook Scrolling\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Short Story Collections of All Time, \u003ci\u003eNewcity\u003c\/i\u003e Lit's Top 5 Fiction Books by Chicago Authors, \u003ci\u003eChicago Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Favorite Books of 2015, \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e's 11 Short Story Collections Your Book Club Will Love, and the Chicago Writers Association's 2015 Book of the Year Honorable Mention. \u003cbr\u003e Cyn's prose and essays have been widely published and she received a Top 25 Finalist and Honorable Mention in two of \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/i\u003e's Short Story Award for New Writers Contests, is the recipient of the Guild Literary Complex Prose Award in Fiction, Core Faculty at StoryStudio Chicago, on the Board of Directors for Hypertext Studio, and twice selected as artist-in-residence at the Ragdale Foundation. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago and is currently working on her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 7.48 x 4.72 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42100717158535,"sku":"9781948954556","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5d914598c1f251e16e2d7288f63a2e9a.webp?v=1732387169","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/on-the-way-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}