{"product_id":"were-all-in-this-together-a-novella-and-stories","title":"We're All in This Together: A Novella and Stories","description":"Imaginative  gripping stories and a funny  poignant novella set in Maine after the 2000 presidential election make up this exciting literary debut.  Owen King is a writer interested in the choices we make when were most conflicted. A young husband must decide whether or not to commit a ghoulish crime; a baseball player in a fantastic 1930s Coney Island is assailed by the guilt of an illicit romance; a nineteenth-century itinerant dentist finds himself snowed in with a group of trappers for a long evening of primitive surgery and laughing gas reveries. Whether theyre set in the past or the present  tinged with the macabre  the solemn  or the absurd  all of the stories in this collection carry the weight of real emotion and revelation and showcase Kings impressive versatility.  In his novella  King tells the story of George  the teenage son of a single mother  and the only grandson of a family of union organizers in Maine. Georges grandfather Henry  obsessed with the outcome of the 2000 election  has planted a giant billboard of homage to Al Gore in his front yard that he suspects has been defaced by the paperboy  now a sworn enemy. Meanwhile  Georges mother is about to marry Dr. Vic  who  besides being possessed of an almost royal obliviousness  may even have voted for George W. Bush. George is a nervous accomplice to his grandfathers increasingly unhinged behavior  and a righteous adversary at war with his mother over her marriage. Georges struggle is a funny and moving parallel for our times: How will we fight? All together  or all alone? Funny  insightful  and always entertaining  Were All in This Together launches the career of an extraordinarily talented writer.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891273166901,"sku":"ByrdShop_1582345856","price":40.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_1582345856.jpg?v=1767177140","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/were-all-in-this-together-a-novella-and-stories","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}