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Following four interconnected story lines--the meltdown of a burned-out cultural liaison who has \"gone native\" and bitterly resents his role in keeping the Marshallese down; a young programmer who has lost his leg in a reckless solo sailing journey; the struggles of a young widow with two children whose husband drowned in a mysterious diving accident; and the destructive spiral of a Marshallese teenager whose American girlfriend rejects him when she returns to the States--\u003ci\u003eMissile Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic, heartbreaking, and satirical novel about the clash of cultures between the Americans trying to realize their American Dream in this seeming paradise, and the Marshallese who are both angered and bedazzled by that dream.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50186661331217,"sku":"CIN1632460092VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50397468655889,"sku":"CIN1632460092G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1632460092.jpg?v=1750799516"},{"product_id":"from-animal-house-to-our-house-book-ron-tanner-9780897337205","title":"From Animal House to Our House","description":"Eleven years ago, Ron and Jill, then his girlfriend of six months, discovered the house of their dreams: a landmark Victorian row house that had belonged to a notorious fraternity in Baltimore. Unfortunately, it was now a condemned, abandoned property. But Jill wanted the house and Ron wanted Jill. Beyond the wall-to-wall graffiti, collapsed fireplaces and banisters, and three dumpsters worth of trash, the couple envisioned this as their future dream home. So Ron bought the 4,500-square-foot ruin, despite the fact that neither Ron nor Jill knew anything about home renovation, and that the project might ruin them both financially and emotionally. A book for lovers, dreamers, and do-it-yourselfers, \u003ci\u003eFrom Animal House to Our House\u003c\/i\u003e recounts Ron and Jill's decade-long adventure in house restoration, offering inspiration, insight, and hilarity as they hammer away at the American dream of home ownership and true love.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50373611651345,"sku":"CIN0897337204VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0897337204.jpg?v=1750850594"},{"product_id":"far-west-book-ron-tanner-9781932418774","title":"Far West","description":"\u003cp\u003eRon Tanner's FAR WEST won Elixir Press 2020 Fiction Award. Contest judge, Christy Stillwell, has this to say: Many of the stories investigate the American West, examining themes like independence, freedom, and space with a lens of honesty and grit. Ultimately Tanner's stories are a delight because he is a masterful writer. Full of sharp dialogue that either advances the plot or sharpens the characters, or both, the stories are a terrific combination of poignant, absurd and profound. They present landscapes that are more complex than they appear. Tanner's work promotes an intolerance for cliche and over simplicity and as such, his stories are unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiction. Short Stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50401565835537,"sku":"CIN1932418776VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1932418776.jpg?v=1751413717"},{"product_id":"bed-of-nails-book-ron-tanner-9781886157422","title":"A Bed of Nails","description":"Fiction.  Ron Tanner] is fabulously imaginative, experimental, witty, often breathtaking.both male and female voices are handled beautifully, although the prose is what we've come to call 'muscular.' At first I felt that this was actually two collections, one concerned with life as we know it and one as we fear it will be--but came to believe that the worlds are perfectly married through their askew inventiveness and their witty contemporary language. It's very assured and audacious work --Janet Burroway, 2002 Judge, Chandra Prize.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51323219214609,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51323221901585,"sku":"CIN1886157421VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1886157421.jpg?v=1750963922"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-ron-tanner.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}