{"product_id":"bill-burr-let-it-go-dvd-0014381674323","title":"Bill Burr: Let It Go","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGlobe \u0026amp; Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Best Short Fiction Title\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e Best Short Fiction Title\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eJanuary Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2014 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2014 Frank O'Connor Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComplicated, passionate, genuine.--\u003ci\u003eChatelaine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWomen. Young women, old women. The hair-obsessed, the politically driven, the sure-footed, the bony-butted, the awkward and compulsive and alone. Sleep-deprived and testy. Exhausted and accepting. Among the innumerable wives, husbands, sisters, and in-laws vexed by short temper and insecurity throughout this short story collection, Cynthia Flood's protagonists stand out as citizens of a reality that the rest of the world will only partially understand. New from the Journey Prize-winning author, \u003ci\u003eRed Girl Rat Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of astonishing range and assured technique, whose voices--gothic, peculiar, domestic, and strange--remain as passionate and complex as ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Girl Rat Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevenge and politics season this potent and passionate collection of stories. Flood excavates indelible histories that haunt even those who've shaken the dust of the past. --\u003cb\u003eAritha van Herk, author of \u003ci\u003eJudith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFlood's eye is unflinching, her language energetic and precise, her vision bracing, passionate and entirely lacking in sentimentality.--\u003cb\u003eNancy Richler, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Imposter Bride\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe notary in 'Dirty Work' has 'retired from witnessing how rough human existence is.' Fortunately for us, Cynthia Flood has not . these stories prove her to be among our great North American fiction writers.--\u003cb\u003eBetsy Warland, author of \u003ci\u003eBreathing the Page: Reading the Act of Writing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaw energy is Cynthia Flood's territory. This is a superb collection.--\u003cb\u003eLaurie Lewis, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Comrades\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCynthia Flood is full of surprises. If there's one thing that characterizes her elegant, crystal-sharp short stories, it's that element of surprise . they reward the attentive reader with surprise and delight--Dave Margoshes, author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Book of Great Worth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50271450267921,"sku":"DVDB003X3BY8IVG","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53574072762641,"sku":"CINB003X3BY8IG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/B003X3BY8I.jpg?v=1750808829","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/bill-burr-let-it-go-dvd-0014381674323","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}