{"product_id":"save-me-stranger-stories-1","title":"Save Me, Stranger: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom EDGAR-AWARD WINNING author Erika Krouse, a VISCERAL, DAZZLING collection of stories set across the globe about characters desperate for salvation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Far-ranging and visionary collection...A dozen little masterpieces of heart and longing and surprise.\" --ADAM JOHNSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSave Me, Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of parables--supernal and sinister. Disturbing but comforting. Read these stories with a buddy, because someone will have to scrape you off the floor.\" --LOUISE ERDRICH\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErika Krouse's debut memoir, \u003ci\u003eTell Me Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, was hailed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e as \"lyrical, jarring, propulsive,\" and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e as \"mesmerizing on every page.\" Now, with an electrifying new collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eSave Me, Stranger, \u003c\/i\u003eshe further cements her reputation as an essential voice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the coldest town on earth to a sex shop in Bangkok to a haunted bed-and-breakfast in the Rockies, we meet characters at hinge moments. A runaway fights for her future while driving an ice-cream truck in gang territory; a cleaning woman investigates the teenager who died in her stead; a terminal patient in Alaska discovers new life in helping others die. This collection explores the borderlands between humor and hurt, community and self, and hope and despair, redefining what it means to survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScalpel-sharp, unsparingly funny, and achingly wise, Krouse's expansive stories build to unforgettable emotional catharses, as these men and women must decide how far they are willing to go to save one another--and themselves.","brand":"Erika Krouse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46385521688812,"sku":"9781250826459","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781250826459.jpg?v=1752887178","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/save-me-stranger-stories-1","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}