{"product_id":"call-it-horses-hardcover","title":"Call It Horses - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessie Van Eerden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2019 Dzanc Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Set in small-town West Virginia in the twilight of the eighties, \u003ci\u003eCall It Horses\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of three women--niece, aunt, and stowaway--and an improbable road trip. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Frankie is an orphan (or a reluctant wife). Mave is an autodidact (or the town pariah). Nan is an artist (or the town whore). Each separately haunted, Frankie, Mave, and Nan--with a hound in tow--set out in an Oldsmobile Royale for Abiqui  and the desert of Georgia O'Keeffe, seeking an escape from everything they've known. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Frankie records the journey in letters to her aunt Mave's dead lover, a linguist named Ruth, sketching out her troubled life and her complicated relationship with Mave, who became her guardian when Frankie was orphaned at sixteen. Slowly, one letter at a time, Frankie exposes the ruins of herself and her fellow passengers: things that chase them, that died too soon, that never lived. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With lush prose and brutal empathy, Frankie tells Ruth--and herself--the story of liminality experienced by a woman standing just outside of motherhood, fulfillment, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.6 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699863228479,"sku":"9781950539253","price":32.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ee7bf28f3422ff34e6dcb286b4b0b92f.webp?v=1765014741","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/call-it-horses-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}