{"product_id":"9781619027046","title":"Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley: Novellas and Stories","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePancake, Ann\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCounterpoint\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\/9\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eAnn Pancake's 2007 novel \u003ci\u003eStrange As This Weather Has Been\u003c\/i\u003e exposed the devastating fallout of mountaintop removal mining on a single West Virginia family.  In \u003ci\u003eMe and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley\u003c\/i\u003e, a follow–up collection of eleven astonishing novellas and short stories, Pancake again features characters who are intensely connected to their land––sometimes through love, sometimes through hate––and who experience brokenness and loss, redemption and revelation, often through their relationships to places under siege.  Retired strip miners find themselves  victimized by the industry that supported them; a family breaks down along generation lines over  a fracking lease; children transcend addict parents and adult suicide; an urban woman must confront her skepticism about worlds behind this one when she finds bones through a mysterious force she can't name.  \u003ci\u003eMe and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley\u003c\/i\u003e explores poverty, class, environmental breakdown and social collapse while also affirming the world's sacredness. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Ann Pancake's ear for the Appalachian dialect is both pitch–perfect and respectful, that of one who writes from the heart of this world.  Her firsthand knowledge of her rural place and her exquisite depictions of the intricacies of families may remind one of Alice Munro.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44213924692223,"sku":"9781619027046","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781619027046_s600x595.jpg?v=1775598101","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781619027046","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}