{"product_id":"bitter-milk-paperback","title":"Bitter Milk - 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\u003eJohn C. McManus\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Whiting Award-winning writer John McManus comes a debut novel of startling originality and mystery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe son of an unknown father and an ostracized mother, and the next of kin in a long line of bastard relatives, nine-year-old Loren Garland lives a life of subtle mystery beneath the shadow of an East Tennessee mountain. It is on his family's broken-down estate that Loren's imagination grows, and with it, the extraordinary voice of \u003ci\u003eBitter Milk\u003c\/i\u003e, a young boy named Luther who may be Loren's imaginary friend, his conscience, or his evil twin. And yet outside the puzzle of Loren's brain, there are the darker goings-on of his family--his mother who wishes she were a man, his new uncle who plans to develop the Garland land into real estate, and his withered grandfather who holds the clan together through truculence and fear. When Loren's mother disappears, he must set out on a quest of his own devising, tossing aside the trappings of youth in order to discover the truth of the world.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Whiting Award--winning writer John McManus comes a debut novel of startling originality and mystery. The son of an unknown father and an ostracized mother, and the next of kin in a long line of bastard relatives, nine-year-old Loren Garland lives a life of subtle mystery beneath the shadow of an East Tennessee mountain. It is on his family's broken-down estate that Loren's imagination grows, and with it, the extraordinary voice of Bitter Milk---a young boy named Luther, who may be Loren's imaginary friend, his conscience, or his evil twin. And yet outside the puzzle of Loren's brain, there are the darker goings-on of his family: his mother, who wishes she were a man; his new uncle, who plans to develop the Garland land into real estate; and his withered grandfather, who holds the clan together through truculence and fear. When his mother disappears, Loren must set out on a quest of his own devising, tossing aside the trappings of youth in order to discover the truth of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdvance Praise for Bitter Milk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An impressive follow-up to his two striking collections of stories, the brilliant, mordant Bitter Milk consolidates John McManus's place as one of the most powerful and original American writers of the twenty-first century.\"---Madison Smartt Bell, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stone That the Builder Refused\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This mysterious, almost phantasmagoric, debut novel is reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy's The Orchard Keeper in its precociousness. McManus writes with a wisdom and empathy that belies his youth. Bitter Milk signals the arrival of an important new voice in Southern literature.\"---Ron Rash, author of\u003ci\u003e One Foot in Eden\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Saints at the River\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn McManus was raised in Blount County, Tennessee. The author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eBorn on a Train\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStop Breakin Down\u003c\/i\u003e, he became the youngest ever recipient of the Whiting Writers' Award in 2000. McManus currently divides his time between Tennessee and Austin, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Whiting Award--winning writer John McManus comes a debut novel of startling originality and mystery. The son of an unknown father and an ostracized mother, and the next of kin in a long line of bastard relatives, nine-year-old Loren Garland lives a life of subtle mystery beneath the shadow of an East Tennessee mountain. It is on his family's broken-down estate that Loren's imagination grows, and with it, the extraordinary voice of Bitter Milk---a young boy named Luther, who may be Loren's imaginary friend, his conscience, or his evil twin. And yet outside the puzzle of Loren's brain, there are the darker goings-on of his family: his mother, who wishes she were a man; his new uncle, who plans to develop the Garland land into real estate; and his withered grandfather, who holds the clan together through truculence and fear. When his mother disappears, Loren must set out on a quest of his own devising, tossing aside the trappings of youth in order to discover the truth of the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdvance Praise for Bitter Milk \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn impressive follow-up to his two striking collections of stories, the brilliant, mordant Bitter Milk consolidates John McManus's place as one of the most powerful and original American writers of the twenty-first century.---Madison Smartt Bell, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stone That the Builder Refused\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis mysterious, almost phantasmagoric, debut novel is reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy's The Orchard Keeper in its precociousness. McManus writes with a wisdom and empathy that belies his youth. Bitter Milk signals the arrival of an important new voice in Southern literature.---Ron Rash, author of\u003ci\u003e One Foot in Eden\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Saints at the River\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn McManus was raised in Blount County, Tennessee. The author of the story collections \u003ci\u003eBorn on a Train\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStop Breakin Down\u003c\/i\u003e, he became the youngest ever recipient of the Whiting Writers' Award in 2000. McManus currently divides his time between Tennessee and Austin, Texas.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn McManus\u003c\/b\u003e was raised in Maryville, Tennessee. The author of the collections\u003ci\u003e Born on a Train \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Stop Breakin Down\u003c\/i\u003e, he became the youngest ever recipient of the Whiting Writers' Award in 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.6 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227243233529,"sku":"9780312301934","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/enNsUkVTZ013MjhoWGpGVXVEKzVCUT09.webp?v=1768279169","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/bitter-milk-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}