{"product_id":"the-second-persephone-book-of-short-stories","title":"The Second Persephone Book of Short Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"wp-caption alignright\"\u003e\u003cimg width=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/Roger_Fry_for_the_Website_1.jpg?v=1593113312\u0026amp;width=700\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e416pp\u003cbr\u003eISBN \u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9781910263228\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ePersephone Book of Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e (PB no. 100) celebrated our one hundredth book; \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Second Persephone Book of Short Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (PB no. 132) celebrated\u003c\/span\u003e twenty years of publishing in 2019, and we hope that it brings the same pleasure to thousands of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgain, there are thirty stories, spanning nearly a century (from 1896–1984) and presented in the order they were written. A quarter are by North American women writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of the short stories featured in this collection include \u003cem\u003eThe Bedquilt\u003c\/em\u003e by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1906) about an unmarried woman whose life is changed by a magnificent quilt, \u003cem\u003eMiss Anstruther's Letters\u003c\/em\u003e by Rose Macauley (1942) about a woman looking for her writing in the ruins of her bombed house, \u003cem\u003eSunday Morning\u003c\/em\u003e by Dorothy Whipple (1961) about a love triangle and some very important curtains, and \u003cem\u003eGilbert\u003c\/em\u003e by Rosamunde Pilcher (1984), after whom the Persephone office dog is partly named. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003eThe front endpaper (above) is 'Tiger Lily', 1986 by Lindsay Butterfield for GP \u0026amp; J Baker. The back endpaper is 'Havana', a screen-printed cotton fabric design by Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell for Fischbacher Ltd. © V\u0026amp;A Images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePicture Caption\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003eRoger Fry, 'Lady Seated in an Omega Interior', date unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Persephone Books","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098792186163,"sku":"pxq1789694781891","price":27.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue\/Endpaper","offer_id":54098792218931,"sku":"foh1789694781892","price":32.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint paper","offer_id":54098792251699,"sku":"rob1789694781893","price":30.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric napkin","offer_id":54098792284467,"sku":"ydd1789694781894","price":46.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/the-second-persephone-book-of-short-stories_1.jpg?v=1789694786","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/the-second-persephone-book-of-short-stories","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}