{"product_id":"narcissi-paperback","title":"Narcissi - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBabette Fraser Hale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCole Burnett, a Texas novelist, is the kind of man whose need for freedom should send lovers running in the opposite direction. But he has a lanky charisma and the gift of listening, rare enough at any time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe women he encounters in \u003ci\u003eNarcissi\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel-in-stories, find his attention compelling, and they all get hurt, or cause hurt. But hurt is never the whole story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach woman brings her own complicated life into her time with Cole, conflicts with husbands, traumas survived, needs postponed, children. And children grow up with questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBurnett understands that loneliness compels him toward the women he meets--whether in a tavern, like Amelia; or a street dance, like Stephanie; or a hotel event, like Lorna. And others he connects with while working, like Dolly, Elsa, Trish and Gladys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNone of them quite reaches where the loneliness resides, where whatever's missing pushes him to keep moving, to write more, to find a purpose for his future. Later, after the death threat, traveling becomes a way to stay alive.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBABETTE FRASER HALE's first story collection, \u003ci\u003eA Wall of Bright Dead Feathers\u003c\/i\u003e, received the 2022 Sergio Troncoso award for debut fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters. Her stories previously have been awarded the Meyerson Prize from \u003ci\u003eSouthwest Review\u003c\/i\u003e and included among the \"Other Distinguished Stories\" in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories, 2015\u003c\/i\u003e. A memoir was published in 2024. In addition, she has been a magazine feature writer, columnist, contributing editor, book editor and publisher. She is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.31 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67847153549619,"sku":"9780975272770","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/6aJuS67Gg59780975272770.webp?v=1793489446","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/narcissi-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}