{"product_id":"the-tiger-in-the-grass-stories-and-other-inventions-9780140251487","title":"The Tiger in the Grass: Stories and Other Inventions","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Harriet Doerr\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her first collection of stories and pieces, Harriet Doerr explores the magical power of memory and brings us a wealth of unforgettable characters: eccentric eighty-two-year-old Great-Aunt Alice, who, empowered by a lucid memory, lived out her final, physically debilitated years with grace; Edie, who arrives in California from England to bring sanity and peace to a house with five half-orphaned children and a despairing widower; Paco, eight years old, and Gloria, eleven, children caught between the longing and pleasures of childhood and the harsh mature realities of their meager circumstances in a Mexican village. These and other characters are captured in the web of life with a startling sensitivity that will touch the reader at every turn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Strikingly pure and radiant.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408427737239,"sku":"9780140251487","price":1887.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780140251487.webp?v=1767309875","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-tiger-in-the-grass-stories-and-other-inventions-9780140251487","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}