{"product_id":"the-great-grown-up-game-of-make-believe","title":"The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781637681091\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (US)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Autumn House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Texas Institute of Letters' Sergio Troncoso Award for Best First Book of Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2026 PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2025 Foreword INDIE Award for Short Stories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatured on \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e' Great Fall 2025 Book Preview\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatured in \u003ci\u003eElectric Lit\u003c\/i\u003e's \"15 Small Press Books You Don't Want to Miss This Winter\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2024 Autumn House Fiction Prize, these lyrical, haunting stories invite us to question the stories we tell ourselves and to imagine other paths-joyful, whimsical, even absurd-through the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wife finds herself literally shrinking in her house, day by day; a mother recalls the surreal day when her infant daughter survives a close encounter with a bear; and, inside her lover's heart, a woman discovers a secret nightclub populated by all the women he's loved and left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the worlds Woods conjures, childhood memories ripple through adult lives, and characters test the limits of their self-created realities. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe\u003c\/i\u003eurges us to contemplate how we can escape loneliness and heartbreak and live on our own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859684630661,"sku":"PR433135","price":54.2,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTG6BMMNUSO3.jpg?v=1789104010","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-great-grown-up-game-of-make-believe","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}