{"product_id":"this-lark-of-stolen-time-paperback","title":"This Lark of Stolen Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Cumyn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLauder Jones and Mountcastle, two Halifax families both alike in dignity, linked by love and circumstance. Douglas Lauder Jones, obscure story writer, calls it \"Life and No Escape.\" His lovelorn son John thinks it's the end of happiness. Neuroscientist Ursula Lauder Jones sees it as sink-or-swim parenting. Whatever it is, her daughter Merin, new owner of a movie house on Barrington Street, wants to sit through it twice. Her sister Anya, summer student working at Mountcastle Framing on Spring Garden Road, relishes life's richly varied fabric.\u003cbr\u003e And the youngest, Cary, budding writer, recognizes it as apt material for the many stories stitching this novel's intriguing brocade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRICHARD CUMYN is the author of nine books of literary fiction. A past fiction editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Antigonish Review, \u003c\/i\u003e he has been published widely in Canada in such literary journals as \u003ci\u003eThe New Quarterly, The Fiddlehead, Prairie Fire, Grain, Prism International\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEvent.\u003c\/i\u003e He has been shortlisted twice for the ReLit Award, a finalist for a National Magazine Award (essay), and long listed for the 2010 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. His screen adaptation of Susan Kerslake's novel, \u003ci\u003ePenumbra, \u003c\/i\u003e won a 1998 Linda Joy Media Arts Award. He has taught fiction at the Maritime Writers' Workshop, read his work in the Dalhousie University, St. Jerome's (Waterloo) and Lorenzo reading series and been short-term writer in residence at St. Mary's University. In 2003 and 2004 he mentored emerging writers Ami McKay ( \u003ci\u003eThe Birth House\u003c\/i\u003e, Knopf) and Ryan Turner ( \u003ci\u003eWhat We're Made Of, \u003c\/i\u003e Oberon) in the Alistair MacLeod Mentorship Program. He lives in Edmonton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52615935590682,"sku":"9781773371177","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/vZx2l0IJuk9781773371177.webp?v=1785448962","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/this-lark-of-stolen-time-paperback","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}