{"product_id":"a-shooting-star-paperback","title":"A Shooting Star - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWallace Stegner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSabrina Castro, an attractive woman with a strong New England heritage, is married to a wealthy, older California physician who no longer fulfills her dreams. An almost accidental misstep leads her down the slow descent of moral disintegration, until there is no place for her to go but up and out. How Sabrina comes to terms with her life is the theme of this absorbing personal drama, played out against the background of an old Peninsula estate where her mother lives among her servants, her memories of Boston, and her treasured family archives. \u003cb\u003eA Shooting Star \u003c\/b\u003edisplays the storytelling powers that Wallace Stagner's fans have enjoyed for more than half a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWallace Stegner\u003c\/b\u003e (1909-1993) was the author of, among other novels, \u003ci\u003e All the Little Live Things\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of a Commonwealth Club Gold Medal), \u003ci\u003eAngle of Repose\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Pulitzer Prize), and \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator Bird\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the National Book Award). His nonfiction includes\u003ci\u003e The Sound of Mountain Water\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard DeVoto\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs: Living and Writing in the West\u003c\/i\u003e. Three of his short stories won O. Henry Prizes, and in 1980 he received the Robert Kirsch Award from the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003efor his lifetime literary achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 7.77 x 5.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724674961471,"sku":"9780140252415","price":26.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/62ccdabd04e6fe9d5246b05a3254a5ac.webp?v=1765103512","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-shooting-star-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}