{"product_id":"9781938235429","title":"What Luck, This Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Columbia space shuttle and its contents rain down on the people of Kiser, Texas, in Kathryn Schwille’s imaginative debut novel set six weeks before the invasion of Iraq.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhat Luck, This Life\u003c\/i\u003e begins in the aftermath of the space shuttle’s break-up, as the people of Piney Woods watch their pastures swarm with searchers and reporters bluster at their doors. A shop owner defends herself against a sexual predator who is pushed to new boldness after he is disinvited to his family reunion. A closeted father facing a divorce that will leave his gifted boy adrift retrieves an astronaut’s remains. An engineer who dreams of orbiting earth joins a search for debris and instead uncovers an old neighbor’s buried longing. \u003cp\u003eIn a chorus of voices spanning places and years, \u003ci\u003eWhat Luck, This Life\u003c\/i\u003e explores the Columbia disaster’s surprising fallout for a town beset by the tensions of class, race, and missed opportunity. Evoking Sherwood Anderson’s classic \u003ci\u003eWinesburg, Ohio\u003c\/i\u003e and Elizabeth Strout’s \u003ci\u003eOlive Kitteridge\u003c\/i\u003e, the novel’s unforgettable characters struggle with family upheaval and mortality’s grip and a luminous book emerges—filled with heartache, beauty and warmth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hub City Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46375261536497,"sku":"9781938235429","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781938235429_p0.jpg?v=1771212222","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938235429","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}