{"product_id":"jewelweed-paperback","title":"Jewelweed - 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\u003eDavid Rhodes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom a masterful storyteller, comes a Midwestern epic that illuminates the majestic in the commonplace.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen David Rhodes burst onto the American literary scene in the 1970s, he was hailed as \"a brilliant visionary\" (John Gardner), and compared to Sherwood Anderson and Marilynne Robinson. In \u003cem\u003eDriftless\u003c\/em\u003e, his \"most accomplished work yet\" (Joseph Kanon), Rhodes brought Words, WI, to life in a way that resonated with readers across the country. Now with \u003cem\u003eJewelweed\u003c\/em\u003e, this beloved author returns to the same out-of-the-way hamlet and introduces a cast of characters who all find themselves charged with overcoming the burdens left by the past, sometimes with the help of peach preserves or pie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter serving time for a dubious conviction, Blake Bookchester is paroled and returns home. The story of Blake's hometown is one of challenge, change, and redemption, of outsiders and of limitations, and simultaneously one of supernatural happenings and of great love. Each of Rhodes's characters--flawed, deeply human, and ultimately universal--approach the future with a combination of hope and trepidation, increasingly mindful of the importance of community to their individual lives. Rich with a sense of empathy and wonder, \u003cem\u003eJewelweed\u003c\/em\u003e offers a vision in which the ordinary becomes mythical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Rhodes\u003c\/b\u003e grew up near Des Moines where he attended a Quaker School. He dropped out of Beloit College in the 1960s and eventually graduated from Marlboro College in Vermont. After receiving an M.F.A. in writing from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1971, he published three novels in rapid succession to acclaim: \u003ci\u003eThe Last Fair Deal Going Down\u003c\/i\u003e (Atlantic\/Little, Brown, 1972), \u003ci\u003eThe Easter House \u003c\/i\u003e(Harper \u0026amp; Row, 1974), and \u003ci\u003eRock Island Line\u003c\/i\u003e (Harper \u0026amp; Row, 1975). A motorcycle accident in 1976 left him paralyzed from the chest down. He continued writing, but did not publish again until 2008 when his novel, \u003ci\u003eDriftless\u003c\/i\u003e, was published. It received a Milkweed National Fiction prize, was read on Wisconsin Public Radio, and was chosen as an All Iowa Reads selection. Milkweed has reissued all of his previous books. He currently lives with his wife, Edna, in Wisconsin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247175614713,"sku":"9781571311061","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/M05BcGZ6RjQ3TzdmbVBSRjlIZ2F5UT09.webp?v=1768621094","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/jewelweed-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}