{"product_id":"tender-cuts","title":"Tender Cuts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Read the first line of any Jayne Martin story and I dare you not to keep going. A masterful storyteller, Martin's characters are funny, smart, wounded, and brave. These thirty-eight stories linger and satisfy. . . . A badass writer if ever there was one.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eKathy Fish, author of \u003cem\u003eWild Life: Collected Works from 2003-2018\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf Joy Williams and Raymond Carver had a love child that was often left in the care of Lydia Davis it might grow up to be Jayne Martin.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eMartin's writing evokes the literary DNA of those who have influenced her most, while in a style and voice that is uniquely her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these 38 tiny tales, everyday people do their best to manage the wounds life inflicts on all of us: A six-year-old beauty pageant contestant strives to please her demanding mother; a woman marries a 1985 Buick LeSabre; in a laundromat bored wives fall under the romantic spell of a lobster; a grown woman is still being fat-shamed by her deceased mother via a Ouija board; a widow carries her husband's ashes around in Baggies. With pathos and humor, these and all of the characters in this collection will speak to the reader's own wounded heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJayne Martin\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Pushcart, Best Small Fictions, Best Microfictions nominee, and a recipient of Vestal Review’s VERA award. Her debut collection of flash fiction, \u003cem\u003eTender Cuts\u003c\/em\u003e, from Vine Leaves Press is available now. She lives in California where she rides horses and drinks copious amounts of fine wines, though not at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-cardui-content _about-the-author-card_carouselItemStyles_peekableContent__hWM3i\" data-a-max-height=\"80\" style=\"max-height: none;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrior to turning her attention to essay and fiction, Jayne Martin was a TV-movie writer whose credits include\u003cem\u003e Big Spender\u003c\/em\u003e for Animal Planet, and \u003cem\u003eA Child Too Many\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCradle of Conspiracy\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDeceived by Trust\u003c\/em\u003e for Lifetime. Her book of humor essays, \u003cem\u003eSuitable for Giving: A Collection of Wit with a Side of Wry\u003c\/em\u003e, is available in paperback and digital formats. Find her at www.jaynemartin-writer.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jayne Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50843415642397,"sku":"9781925965247","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/TenderCuts_cover.jpg?v=1770041688","url":"https:\/\/staging.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/tender-cuts","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}