{"product_id":"among-the-missing","title":"Among the Missing","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - A sharp and haunting collection of twelve stories about people who live far outside the American Dream, while wondering which decision, which path, or which accident brought them to this place.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Unforgettable . . . hums with life and wry humor . . . The stories sneak resolutely up on you, like new weather that hits before you know it.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach story in \u003ci\u003eAmong the Missing \u003c\/i\u003eradiates with sharp humor, mystery, wonder, and startling compassion as Dan Chaon imagines today's family instinctively trying to stay together, only to find itself lost in the throes of a chaotic, modern world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Safety Man,\" a young widow and her children become increasingly attached to an inflatable protector-doll, as the world outside seems to grow ever more threatening; \"Big Me\" follows a lonely, imaginative twelve-year-old boy who believes an older (slightly creepier) version of himself has moved in next door; In \"I Demand to Know Where You're Taking Me,\" a man blinded by love for his imprisoned brother ignores the warnings of his distant wife and a talking parrot who both witness things he's never seen; and \"Among the Missing\" explores how the death of a family, found buckled in their car at the bottom of a lake, casts a shadow on a small town and intrudes upon the narrator's relationship with his aging mother. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA writer of enormous talent and emotional depth, Chaon mines the psychological landscape of his characters to dazzling effect. \u003ci\u003eAmong the Missing \u003c\/i\u003elingers in the mind through its subtle grace and power of language.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48835886973133,"sku":"9780345441614","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_8a82df13-7bfd-4ed9-aec9-7f0ead66ec4c.jpg?v=1790988676","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/among-the-missing","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}