{"product_id":"lake-song-a-novel-in-stories-paperback","title":"Lake Song: A Novel in Stories - 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\u003eLesley Pratt Bannatyne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected by Deesha Philyaw as winner of the AWP Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The linked stories of \u003ci\u003eLake Song, \u003c\/i\u003e set in the fictional town of Kinder Falls in New York's Finger Lakes region, span decades to plumb the complexities, violence, and compassion of small-town life as the twentieth century hurtles forward. Against a backdrop of historical events--bootlegging, Klan attacks, gold smuggling, the Albany Ketchup Murders, the 1965 Northeast blackout--a generations-long mystery unwinds. In 1906 Mavis Staunch drowns in Okisee Lake days after she refuses to sell her land to a trio of brothers. The same night, one of the brothers, Angus Epps, doesn't come home. Few suspect the two events are connected, and no one imagines the role that a ten-year-old boy, a canoe, and a pack of coyotes play in the tragedies. Spiritualists, grifters, sugar makers, \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003earsonists, seekers, and saleswomen wind through each other's lives and across decades to add layers of resonance to each captivating story. The mercurial lake that unites the people of Kinder Falls sustains as much as it haunts, both witness and diary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLesley Pratt Bannatyne is the author of the short story collection \u003ci\u003eUnaccustomed to Grace\u003c\/i\u003e as well as fiction and essays in the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmithsonian, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor, \u003c\/i\u003e and many literary magazines. Her latest nonfiction book, \u003ci\u003eHalloween Nation, \u003c\/i\u003e was a Bram Stoker Award finalist. \u003ci\u003eLake Song\u003c\/i\u003e is her seventh book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52024271733037,"sku":"9780814259542","price":23.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/lake-song-a-novel-in-stories-paperback-6734198.webp?v=1777428247","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/lake-song-a-novel-in-stories-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}