{"product_id":"9781968209025","title":"A Thousand Souls : A Novel in Stories - Catherine Tudish","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of fourteen stories interweaving the lives of three generations in the remote town of Neptune, Vermont. Catching sight of the village of Neptune nestled in a remote Vermont valley, a traveler likens it to \"a lost kingdom.\" The fourteen stories in Catherine Tudish's gorgeously crafted volume interweave the lives of three generations in this \"embarrassingly pretty town\" of \"upward of a thousand souls\" as they inevitably touch the outside world. A boy born of a secret affair travels by train to South Carolina for a first-time meeting with his respected father. A recent widow and Boston transplant solves the mystery of a teen girl gone missing. A beloved sheriff breaks up a drug operation, only to get busted himself for helping undocumented workers evade ICE. The disappointed wife of a rural mail driver presents him with a nude portrait-of herself. A shy girl with a speech impediment loses her stutter when she befriends and speaks to a black bear. Another boy has nightmares that seem to be the memories of a distant stranger's tragedy. Even as their loyalties and traditions are tested through loss, betrayal, and startling discovery, the characters in A Thousand Souls embody the belonging that comes from a close-knit community. Sharply observed, wry, and deeply tender, these stories resonate with both the intricacy and cost of interconnection as the years pass, and ordinary lives take unexpected turns.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catherine Tudish","offers":[{"title":"224 pages \/ 11\/05\/2026 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":57110865903991,"sku":"9781968209025","price":16.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781968209025","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}