{"product_id":"old-babes-in-the-wood-short-stories","title":"Old Babes in the Wood: A Collection of Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA luminous collection of fifteen short stories that moves between domestic intimacy and the strange. These pieces explore memory, loss, and the small decisions that shape long relationships, alongside whimsical and eerie reworkings of folkloric material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral linked tales follow a married couple across decades, tracing ordinary moments and the changes that follow. Other stories take summer evenings, family tensions, and mothers’ secrets as their starting points, mixing realism with touches of the fantastical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy readers return to these stories\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eConcise, emotionally precise storytelling that balances wit and melancholy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRange of tones: domestic realism, folklore-inspired twists, and subtle uncanny elements.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFifteen standalone pieces that also reward rereading for their craft and detail.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Just Great Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45710251753706,"sku":"JGB-CAD-4-Shelf-3-ST-3-4-0771003722-NA","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/1735\/7290\/files\/61PwUq23LoL.jpg?v=1762991783","url":"https:\/\/justgreatbooks.org\/products\/old-babes-in-the-wood-short-stories","provider":"Just Great Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}