{"product_id":"squandering-the-blue","title":"Squandering the Blue","description":"\u003csection class=\"container cmpnt_2-col-hero\"\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAn uncompromising and sensually charged collection from one of the great practitioners of the short story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSquandering the Blue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Kate Braverman’s debut story collection, a fierce, hallucinatory vision of Southern California and the women who move through its heat, glamour, and wreckage. Set among artists, addicts, lovers, and drifters, these interconnected stories form a vivid patchwork of lives caught between longing and self-destruction, where affection and addiction are often inseparably entwined.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross brief, haunting snapshots, Braverman captures women at moments of fracture and transformation: an art-world satire that becomes a feminist post-nuclear parable in “Falling in October”; a woman struggling to break free from an abusive relationship in “Points of Decision”; and, in the widely anthologized “Tall Tales from the Mekong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\"\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Delta,” a recovering alcoholic navigating motherhood, sobriety, and a dangerously seductive stranger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt once raw, lyrical, and unsparing, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSquandering the Blue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores how people shape—or bury—their own experiences while living in the long shadow of a better life just out of reach.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"product-details__metafield js-pdp-dimensions-value\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e5.1\" x 0.7\" x 7.5\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e256 Pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eKate Braverman (1949–2019) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. Born in Philadelphia, Braverman moved to Los Angeles in 1958. Her works include four novels (\u003ci\u003eLithium for Medea\u003c\/i\u003e, 1979; \u003ci\u003ePalm Latitudes\u003c\/i\u003e, 1988; \u003ci\u003eWonders of the West\u003c\/i\u003e, 1993; and \u003ci\u003eThe Incantation of Frida K\u003c\/i\u003e, 2001) as well as four poetry collections, three short story collections, and a memoir. Her story collection \u003ci\u003eSquandering\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\"\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-arrow-down\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e the Blue\u003c\/i\u003e was first published by Fawcett Columbine\/Ballantine in 1990\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kate Braverman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48374750642397,"sku":null,"price":31.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0276\/1133\/2701\/files\/OWENDONOTEDIT-GREYSQAURE_59_485731c9-358b-48f8-ab54-5e1c3c39df99.png?v=1786737654","url":"https:\/\/www.rileygrae.com\/products\/squandering-the-blue","provider":"Riley Grae Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}