{"product_id":"the-flicker-of-old-dreams-paperback","title":"The Flicker of Old Dreams - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Henderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHigh Plains Book Award Winner for Fiction \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eWestern Writers of America Spur Award Winner for Best Contemporary Western Novel \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003e WILLA Literary Award Winner in Contemporary Fiction \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eMontana Book Award Honor Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith the quiet precision of Jane Smiley's \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Acres\u003c\/em\u003e and the technical clarity of Mary Roach's \u003cem\u003eStiff\u003c\/em\u003e, this is a novel about a young woman who comes most alive while working in her father's mortuary in a small, forgotten Western town.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The dead come to me vulnerable, sharing their stories and secrets . . . \"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Crampton has spent all of her thirty years in Petroleum, a small Western town once supported by a powerful grain company. Living at home, she works as the embalmer in her father's mortuary: an unlikely job that has long marked her as an outsider. Yet, to Mary there is a satisfying art to positioning and styling each body to capture the essence of a subject's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough some townsfolk pretend that the community is thriving, the truth is that Petroleum is crumbling away--a process that began twenty years ago when an accident in the grain elevator killed a beloved high school athlete. The mill closed for good, the train no longer stopped in town, and Robert Golden, the victim's younger brother, was widely blamed for the tragedy and shipped off to live elsewhere. Now, out of the blue, Robert has returned to care for his terminally ill mother. After Mary--reserved, introspective, and deeply lonely--strikes up an unlikely friendship with him, shocking the locals, she finally begins to consider what might happen if she dared to leave Petroleum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the American West, \u003cem\u003eThe Flicker of Old Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e explores themes of resilience, redemption, and loyalty in prose as lyrical as it is powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe dead come to me vulnerable, sharing their stories and secrets. . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Crampton has spent all of her thirty years in Petroleum, a small western town once supported by its grain industry. Living at home, she works as the embalmer in her father's mortuary: an unlikely job that has long marked her as an outsider. Yet, to Mary, there is a satisfying art to positioning and styling each body to capture the essence of a subject's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough some townsfolk pretend that the community is thriving, the truth is that Petroleum is crumbling away--a process that began twenty years ago when an accident in the grain elevator killed a beloved high school athlete. The granary closed for good, the train no longer stopped in town, and Robert Golden, the victim's younger brother, was widely blamed for the tragedy and shipped off to live elsewhere. Now, out of the blue, Robert has returned to care for his terminally ill mother. After Mary--reserved, introspective, and deeply lonely--strikes up an unlikely friendship with him, shocking the locals, she finally begins to consider what might happen if she dared to leave Petroleum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in America's Great Plains, \u003cem\u003eThe Flicker of Old Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e explores themes of resilience, redemption, and loyalty in prose as lyrical as it is powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455016517810,"sku":"9780062686701","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/32c3e8402de005cfce2051a25f28950a.webp?v=1778862914","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-flicker-of-old-dreams-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}