{"product_id":"bad-dreams-and-other-stories-edge-hill-prize-winner-illuminating-the-extraordinary-within-ordinary-life","title":"Bad Dreams and Other Stories: Edge Hill Prize Winner – Illuminating the Extraordinary Within Ordinary Life","description":"The award-winning author of Late in the Day once again \"crystallizes the atmosphere of ordinary life in prose somehow miraculous and natural\" (Washington Post), in a collection of stories that elevate the mundane into the exceptional.\n“Her meticulously observed, extraordinarily perceptive stories are as satisfying as Alice Munro’s. Yes, Hadley is that good.”—NPR\nWinner of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize\nA New York Times Notable Book of the Year\nAn NPR Best Book of the Year\nTessa Hadley has proven herself to be the champion of revealing the hidden depths in the deceptively simple. In these short stories, it’s the ordinary things that turn out to be the most extraordinary: the history of a length of fabric or a forgotten jacket. Two sisters quarrel over an inheritance and a new baby; a child awake in the night explores the familiar rooms of her home, made strange by the darkness; a housekeeper caring for a helpless old man uncovers secrets from his past. The first steps into a turning point and a new life are made so easily and carelessly: each of these stories illuminate crucial moments of transition, often imperceptible to the protagonists.\nA girl accepts a lift in a car with some older boys; a young woman reads the diaries she discovers while housesitting. Small acts have large consequences, some that can reverberate across decades; private fantasies can affect other people, for better and worse.\nBad Dreams and Other Stories demonstrates yet again that Tessa Hadley \"puts on paper a consciousness so visceral, so fully realized, it heightens and expands your own. She is a true master\" (Lily King, author of Euphoria).\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 006247667X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.006247667X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hadley, Tessa\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41508688855098,"sku":"DBV.006247667X.G","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/006247667X-0.jpg?v=1783362470","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/bad-dreams-and-other-stories-edge-hill-prize-winner-illuminating-the-extraordinary-within-ordinary-life","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}