{"product_id":"the-home-for-unwed-husbands-paperback","title":"The Home for Unwed Husbands - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMolly Giles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of a Pushcart Prize, The Flannery O' Connor Prize and The Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt forty-four, Kay Sorensen has quit drinking, smoking, and overeating, and she has almost quit reading self-help books about quitting drinking, smoking and overeating. She has divorced her deadbeat husband, finished college, and landed a job she loves directing a small branch of the county library. But Kay still has one unconquered addiction: she just can't say no to someone who needs her. So when her architect father insists he needs her to move back home and care-take the empty house she grew up in, Kay is forced to return to the site of her bitterly unhappy childhood, trying her best to ignore the ghostly presence of her dead mother and make a home for her and her son.\u003cbr\u003eBut she soon finds herself returning to the patterns of her childhood, where she spent years trying to please her thankless father and placate her invalid mother. When her dogmatic, born-again brother arrives, along with a slew of men from her past all seeking a home, Kay is suddenly playing housewife and host to five men with needs and demands she is struggling to meet while consistently ignoring her own.\u003cbr\u003eIn order to find freedom and regain her selfhood, Kay must travel halfway across the world, finally face the chattering ghosts of her past, and break out of the mold that has been set for her by the men who have controlled her whole life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMOLLY GILES\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of six story collections and one novel. Most recently her title \u003ci\u003eWife With Knife\u003c\/i\u003e, described as \"her best collection ever\" by Amy Tan, won a Pushcart Prize for its short story \"Bad Dog\" and the Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize. \u003ci\u003eRough Translations\u003c\/i\u003e won The Flannery O'Connor Prize, the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/i\u003eAward, and The Bay Area Book Reviewers' Award; \u003ci\u003eCreek Walk\u003c\/i\u003e won The Small Press Best Fiction Award, the California Commonwealth Silver Medal for Fiction, and was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book; \u003ci\u003eBothered\u003c\/i\u003e won the Split Oak Press Flash Fiction Award; and All The Wrong Places won the Spokane Prize for Fiction. Her work has also earned The O. Henry Award and the Pushcart Prize, and she has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Marin Arts Council, and the Arkansas Arts Council.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42097493966983,"sku":"9781948585552","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/207c1310b02b39c9b950791a4bcea4fd.webp?v=1732352962","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-home-for-unwed-husbands-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}