{"product_id":"this-distance-we-call-love-paperback","title":"This Distance We Call Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Dines\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories explore the complexities of contemporary family life with a fine balance of humor and insight. \u003ci\u003eThis Distance We Call Love\u003c\/i\u003e takes its title from the interwoven themes of connection and disconnection in our most intimate relationships: sisters battle issues of duty and obligation when one sister becomes homeless; a mother and daughter take a trip to Mexico, only to be followed by the daughter's stalker; a family living in Rome must contend with their daughter's rape; parents navigate raising their only child in the age of climate change; a biracial daughter whose mother is dying battles her own internet sex addiction. While some relationships fall apart, others remain entrenched in old patterns, grappling with notions of self and duty. Altogether the stories delve deeply into the relationships that impact and inform our lives, creating a portrait of American family life today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carol Dines is a merciless, tender excavator of the human heart. Fans of Lorrie Moore and Alice Munro take note, each of these stories is a delicately calibrated wonder of pain, joy, and transformation.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eAdrian Van Young\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Noticed Everything\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShadows in Summerland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The foibles of human intimacy are writ large in these powerful stories where irony and empathy collide. Carol Dines is a writer for our times, delivering masterful, unsettling, and utterly convincing fiction that reveals what is real and heartfelt with unflinching veracity. \u003ci\u003eThis Distance We Call Love\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the universal need for human connection by considering new pathways for understanding and compassion.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003ePatricia Cumbie\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shape of a Hundred Hips\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhere People Like Us Live\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eCarol Dines brings a poetic eye and the voice of a seasoned storyteller to \u003ci\u003eThis Distance We Call Love\u003c\/i\u003e. With family at the core, her stories circle around couples, siblings, friends, all wanting to love more, love better, yet fearing they don't quite measure up. Dines conveys the resilience of people who accept that not every dream comes true, who risk knowing what they cannot change, and yet learn to accept that if they fail--and fail they will--there will be second chances. These tender, beautifully wrought stories take us to the edges where things fall apart, a landscape of fraying marriages, grief, loss, doubt. And then they bring us back to love.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eMiriam Karmel\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eBeing Esther\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSubtle Variations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The novelistic short stories in \u003ci\u003eThis Distance We Call Love\u003c\/i\u003e ring devastatingly true in their portrayals of characters who are learning to reckon with persisting losses, fears, griefs, and needs. I have only rarely encountered short fiction that has this kind of visceral immediacy, so surprising at all turns. The humor in these stories surprises as well: humor naturally arising from the human comedy of love limited by fearfulness yet deepened by courageous fierceness. In one of the early stories in the collection, the narrator asks, 'What does one human being owe another in this world?': that question haunts every page of this wise, beautiful book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eKevin McIlvoy\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eOne Kind Favor \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e At the Gate of All Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52609305018675,"sku":"9781949039221","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/xCxN-zIiAP9781949039221.webp?v=1761818021","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/this-distance-we-call-love-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}