{"product_id":"prairie-oyster-sophie-robinson-paperback","title":"Prairie Oyster -- Sophie Robinson, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003ePearl is a thirty-something filmmaker balanced precariously on the edge of an addiction-fueled breakdown. But when she is invited to interview her idol and crush, lesbian cult filmmaker Mitch Meyer, her stilted life restarts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuoyed and seduced by Mitch's interest in her and her work, Pearl swaps alcoholism for romantic obsession and London for a summer in New York with Mitch. All the while she is haunted by a project she has been toying with for years: a film about Veronica Lake, a 1940s film star who drank herself into obscurity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sophie Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685971151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSophie Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eRabbit\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOMB Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She runs Devotion, a radical and inclusive online creative writing workshop series, and publishes regular essays on her Substack, \u003ci\u003eFeelings Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Norwich, England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sophie Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68280996266212,"sku":"9781685971151","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781685971151.jpg?v=1794556756","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/prairie-oyster-sophie-robinson-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}