{"product_id":"fire-exit-morgan-talty-paperback","title":"Fire Exit -- Morgan Talty, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eNight of the Living Rez\u003c\/i\u003e comes a masterful and unforgettable story of family, legacy, bloodlines, culture and inheritance, and what--if anything--we owe one another.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Maine's Penobscot Reservation. He caught brief moments of his neighbor Elizabeth's life--from the day she came home from the hospital to her early twenties. But there's something deeper and more dangerous than the river that divides him from her and the rest of the tribal community. It's the secret that Elizabeth is his daughter, a secret Charles is no longer willing to keep. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, it's been weeks since he's seen Elizabeth, and Charles is worried. As he attempts to hold on to and care for what he can--his home and property; his alcoholic and bighearted friend Bobby; and his mother, Louise, who is slipping deeper into dementia--he becomes increasingly haunted by his past. Forced to confront a lost childhood on the reservation, a love affair cut short, and the death of his beloved stepfather, Fredrick, Charles contends with questions he's long been afraid to ask. Is his secret about Elizabeth his to share? And would his daughter want to know the truth, even if it could cost her everything she's ever known?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Morgan Talty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tin House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781963108491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMorgan Talty is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation. He is the author of the nationally bestselling and acclaimed short story collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Night of the Living Rez. \u003c\/i\u003eHis writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Georgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTriQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNarrative\u003c\/i\u003e, Lit Hub, and elsewhere. Talty is an assistant professor of English in Creative Writing and Native American and Contemporary Literature at the University of Maine, Orono, and he is on the faculty at the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing as well as the Institute of American Indian Arts. He lives in Levant, Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morgan Talty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47515412201700,"sku":"9781963108491","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781963108491.jpg?v=1777085762","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/fire-exit-morgan-talty-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}