{"product_id":"reasons-for-and-advantages-of-breathing-stories","title":"Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing: Stories","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eReasons for and Advantages of Breathing: Stories\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLydia Peelle\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780061724732\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarper Perennial\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2009\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eOriginal\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Lydia Peelle has given us a collection of stories so artfully constructed and deeply imagined they read like classics. It marks the beginning of what will surely be a long and beautiful career.\" --Ann Patchett\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eReasons for and Advantages of Breathing\u003c\/em\u003e, Lydia Peelle brings together eight brilliant stories--two of which won Pushcart Prizes and one of which won an O. Henry Prize--that peer straight into the human heart. In startling and original prose, she examines lives derailed by the loss of a vital connection to the land and to the natural world of which they are a part.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReasons for and Advantages of Breathing\u003c\/em\u003e conveys an almost Faulknerian ache for the pre-modern South, for a landscape and a way of life lost to the ravages of money and technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing: Stories | Lydia Peelle | Paperback | 9780061724732 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1633649","offer_id":48319760236696,"sku":"1633649","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61q2J2u19tL.jpg?v=1773174107","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/reasons-for-and-advantages-of-breathing-stories","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}