{"product_id":"train-wreck-girl-book-sean-carswell-9781933149219","title":"Train Wreck Girl","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sean Carswell is a wonderful storyteller. . . . Reading his stuff makes you laugh and makes you think.\"--Howard Zinn\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[Carswell's writing is] the antidote to what is so boring or safe or wrong with modern book publishing.\"--Joe Meno, author of \u003ci\u003eHairstyles of the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrain Wreck Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is the funny and tragic story of one man's quest to figure out what to do with his life now that it's too late for him to die young.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter finding his girlfriend dead on the railroad tracks right after breaking up with her, Danny McGregor--Flagstaff bartender and surfer without an ocean--rides the next bus out of Arizona, fleeing to his Cocoa Beach, Florida, hometown, where a maelstrom of past ghosts await.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBack in Florida, his treacherous friend, Bart, finds Danny a job picking up corpses. Sophie, a former crazy girlfriend who stabbed Danny, wants to rekindle their relationship. Taylor, a twelve-year-old neighborhood girl, only wants Danny to teach her to surf. And then there's Helen, with a face that launched a dozen Greyhounds. Through the chaos, Danny discovers his strengths amid all his weaknesses and is able to move forward while making peace with his past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean Carswell\u003c\/b\u003e is a former carpenter, housepainter, dishwasher, and warehouse clerk. His fiction has appeared in dozens of literary journals. He has been a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eFlipside\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClamor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInk 19\u003c\/i\u003e, and is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eRazorcake\u003c\/i\u003e. A co-founder of Gorsky Press, he is currently a professor at the University of California.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50393439338769,"sku":"CIN1933149213G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52756778778897,"sku":"NIN9781933149219","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1933149213.jpg?v=1751347917","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/train-wreck-girl-book-sean-carswell-9781933149219","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}