{"product_id":"dreams-like-thunder-paperback","title":"Dreams Like Thunder - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiane Simmons\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDreams Like Thunder\u003c\/em\u003e takes place on a small Eastern Oregon farm between Baker and Hells Canyon. The story is set over a couple of days in 1959, but part of the family seems less in touch with the twentieth century than with the myth of their own pioneer past. The myth varies according to who is doing the telling. It is up to Alberta, who is ten years old and heir to both the farm and the myth, to discover some truth behind the stories--a truth that will help her know who she is and what her own future might be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiane Simmons\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous works of fiction and creative nonfiction, including \u003cem\u003eThe Courtship of Eva Eldridge\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Iowa Press, 2016), \u003cem\u003eLittle America\u003c\/em\u003e, the winner of the Ohio State University prize for short fiction (Ohio State University Press, 2011), and the novel \u003cem\u003eDreams Like Thunder\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published in 1994 by Story Line Press, which won the Oregon Book Award for Fiction. Her essays and short stories have been published in journals and anthologies such as \u003cem\u003eThe Missouri Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBeloit Fiction Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlood Orange Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNorthwest Review\u003c\/em\u003e. Originally from the high desert country of Eastern Oregon, she holds a BA in history from the University of Oregon Honors College, an MA in Creative Writing from the City College of New York, and a PhD in English from the City University of New York. In 2018 she served as a Fulbright Fellow in the Czech Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53595350892851,"sku":"9781586543013","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/dreams-like-thunder-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}