{"product_id":"dont-forget-me-bro-paperback","title":"Don't Forget Me, Bro - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn M. Cummings\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStunned by the death of his mentally ill brother, forty-two-year-old Mark Barr returns to his hometown in West Virginia for his brother's funeral only to find out that his estranged family has no such plans. Once back home, he discovers that his family's memory, as well as his own, of his brother as a broken, hopeless schizophrenic is belied by mounting evidence that Steve Barr had lived a much fuller and more complicated life. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Armed with this new knowledge, Mark tears off on a mission to honor his brother's memory with justice and compassion. As he fights to change the hearts of his father, mother, and middle brother, all of whom are fractured by anger, blame, and dysfunction, his own stability is rocked apart. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In tough, spare, beautiful language that pulls the reader into the peeling, gothic world of southern West Virginia, \u003ci\u003eDon't Forget Me, Bro\u003c\/i\u003e shows us that at the heart of every human existence is the ultimate fear of being forgotten, of simply being gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Michael Cummings' short stories have appeared in more than seventy-five literary journals, including \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review, North American Review, The Chattahoochee Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Twice he has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize. His short story \"The Scratchboard Project\" received an honorable mention in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2007.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730248536127,"sku":"9781622880782","price":36.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/cf330a95d62959308ba629c252849786.webp?v=1765125391","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/dont-forget-me-bro-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}