{"product_id":"bats-or-swallowsbooks","title":"Bats or Swallows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe innocence and clarity of Teri Vlassopoulos’s narrative voice reveals new and unexpected layers. The characters in these stories look for signs and omens as they attempt to understand events in their lives by framing them in abstract superstitions. The stories in \u003cem\u003eBats and Swallows \u003c\/em\u003eare sharp, accurate, told with balance and skill.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"Vlassopoulos has found a way to carry over the wide-eyed curiosity and innate goodness of childhood into the mysterious, often sad, often tragic world of adulthood.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMontreal Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vlassopoulos, Teri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":42296716984544,"sku":"","price":16.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/BNCImageAPI_5b2199e1-c2fd-4372-9296-839eded8122d.jpg?v=1641845191","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/bats-or-swallowsbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}