{"product_id":"the-great-grown-up-game-of-make-believe-9781637681091","title":"The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe","description":"\u003cb\u003eFeatured on\u003ci\u003e The Millions\u003c\/i\u003e' Great Fall 2025 Book Preview\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\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\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003e urges us to contemplate how we can escape loneliness and heartbreak and live on our own terms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17650546\"\u003eLauren D. Woods\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Autumn House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637681091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1637681097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren D. Woods\u003c\/b\u003e, originally from the Dallas area, now lives and writes in Washington, DC, where she was a 2024 Washington, DC Arts and Humanities Fellow for Fiction. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2024 Autumn House Press Fiction Prize and her writing has appeared in the top ten spotlighted stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Best Small Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Antioch Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Normal School\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePassages North\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHayden's Ferry Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Red Rock Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Humanities Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLunch Ticket\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Lauren works in consulting and lives with her husband, four children, two cats, and a guinea pig.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Autumn House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45056934936715,"sku":"9781637681091","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_035b33c2-b510-4781-8767-b282d71e43a8.jpg?v=1767360833","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-great-grown-up-game-of-make-believe-9781637681091","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}