{"product_id":"old-crimes-and-other-stories-jill-mccorkle-hardcover","title":"Old Crimes: And Other Stories -- Jill McCorkle, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeloved author Jill McCorkle delivers a collection of masterful stories that are as complex as novels--deeply perceptive, funny, and tragic in equal measure--about crimes large and small.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e McCorkle, author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003ci\u003eLife After Life\u003c\/i\u003e and the widely acclaimed \u003ci\u003eHieroglyphics\u003c\/i\u003e (\"One of our wryest, warmest, wisest storytellers\" --Rebecca Makkai), brings us a breathtaking collection of stories that offers an intimate look at the moments when a person's life changes forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the lives of characters who hold their secrets and misdeeds close, even as the past continues to reverberate across generations. And despite the characters' yearnings for connection, they can't seem to tell the whole truth: A woman uses her hearing impairment as a way to guard herself from her husband's commentary. A telephone lineman strains to communicate with his family even as he feels pushed aside in a digital world. A young couple buys a confessional booth for fun, only to discover the cost of honesty. A family reunion, ripe with treasured memories, takes place amid a secret that will alter all of their futures. Throughout, McCorkle takes us deep into these conflicted and sympathetic characters, puzzling to figure out the meaning of their own lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Moving and unforgettable, the stories in \u003ci\u003eOld Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e capture miniworlds full of great intensity, longing, affection, and the daily small crimes people hold close. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill McCorkle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616209735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/29\/2024 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJill McCorkle\u003c\/b\u003e has the distinction of having published her first two novels on the same day in 1984. Of these novels, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e said: \"one suspects the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cheer Leader\u003c\/i\u003e is a born novelist. With \u003ci\u003eJuly 7th\u003c\/i\u003e, she is also a full grown one.\" Since then she has published five other novels--most recently, \u003ci\u003eHieroglyphics\u003c\/i\u003e--and four collections of short stories. Five of her books have been named \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e notable books and four of her stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. McCorkle has received the New England Booksellers Award, the John Dos Passos Prize for Excellence in Literature, the North Carolina Award for Literature and the Thomas Wolfe Prize; she was recently inducted into the NC Literary Hall of Fame. McCorkle has taught at Harvard, Brandeis, and NC State where she remains affiliated with the MFA Program in creative writing and she is core faculty in the Bennington Writing Seminars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jill McCorkle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45071676571876,"sku":"9781616209735","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781616209735.jpg?v=1719472141","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/old-crimes-and-other-stories-jill-mccorkle-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}