{"product_id":"jamesland-paperback","title":"Jamesland - 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\u003eMichelle Huneven\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJamesland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ethe buoyant second novel by Michelle Huneven, critically acclaimed author of \u003cb\u003eRound\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRock\u003c\/b\u003e, is a witty, sophisticated, and deeply humane comedy of unlikely redemption. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen thirty-three-year-old Alice Black discovers a deer in her dining room after fighting with her boyfriend, she wonders if she's going crazy. Pete Ross, forty-six, \u003ci\u003eknows\u003c\/i\u003e he's crazy. He's wrecked his marriage, slashed his wrists, and done time in a psychiatric institution, and now he's being cared for by his mother, who's a nun. Forty-five-year-old Helen Harland, a spirited Unitarian Universalist minister, is being \u003ci\u003edriven\u003c\/i\u003e crazy by her hostile church administration. Living in Los Feliz, California, the three meet at Helen's Wednesday midweek services. Though initially\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eincompatible, the sheer force of Helen's idiosyncratic ministering (her \"variety show of religious experience\")-paired with Alice's illustrious ancestor William James-proves to be a catalyst for friendship and a kind of transcendence. Generous and compassionate, Michelle Huneven delivers a joyful new novel about love, faith, and a few wayward souls waiting for life to begin.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamesland,\" the buoyant second novel by Michelle Huneven, critically acclaimed author of Round\" Rock, is a witty, sophisticated, and deeply humane comedy of unlikely redemption. \u003cbr\u003eWhen thirty-three-year-old Alice Black discovers a deer in her dining room after fighting with her boyfriend, she wonders if she's going crazy. Pete Ross, forty-six, \"knows he's crazy. He's wrecked his marriage, slashed his wrists, and done time in a psychiatric institution, and now he's being cared for by his mother, who's a nun. Forty-five-year-old Helen Harland, a spirited Unitarian Universalist minister, is being \"driven crazy by her hostile church administration. Living in Los Feliz, California, the three meet at Helen's Wednesday midweek services. Though initially incompatible, the sheer force of Helen's idiosyncratic ministering (her \"variety show of religious experience\")-paired with Alice's illustrious ancestor William James-proves to be a catalyst for friendship and a kind of transcendence. Generous and compassionate, Michelle Huneven delivers a joyful new novel about love, faith, and a few wayward souls waiting for life to begin.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichelle Huneven received a Whiting Writers' Award in 2002, and has also won a GE Younger Writers Award in Fiction and a James Beard Award. She is presently a restaurant reviewer for the \u003ci\u003eLA Weekly. \u003c\/i\u003eHer first novel, \u003cb\u003eRound\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRock\u003c\/b\u003e, was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book and a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year. She lives in Altadena, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.04 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256594809081,"sku":"9780375713132","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/YAeUr0ekNu9780375713132.webp?v=1768734755","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/jamesland-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}