{"product_id":"light-from-a-distant-star-paperback-1","title":"Light from a Distant Star - 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\u003eMary McGarry Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLight from a Distant Star\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping coming-of-age story with a brutal murder at its heart and a heroine as unforgettable as Harper Lee's \"Scout.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is early summer and Nellie Peck is on the cusp of adolescence--gangly, awkward, full of questions, but keenly observant and wiser than many of the adults in her life. The person she most admires is her father, Benjamin, a man of great integrity. His family's century old hardware store is failing and Nellie's mother has had to go back to work. Nellie's older half-sister has launched a disturbing search for her birth father. Often saddled through the long, hot days with her timid younger brother, Henry, Nellie is determined to toughen him up. And herself as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree strangers enter Nellie's protected life. Brooding Max Devaney is an ex-con who works in her surly grandfather's junkyard. Reckless Bucky Saltonstall has just arrived from New York City to live with his elderly grandparents. And pretty Dolly Bedelia is a young stripper who rents the family's small, rear apartment and becomes the titillating focus of Nellie's eavesdropping. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen violence erupts in the lovely Peck house, the prime suspect seems obvious. Nellie knows who the real murderer is, but is soon silenced by fear and the threat of scandal. The truth, as she sees it, is shocking and unthinkable, and with everyone's eyes riveted on her in the courtroom, Nellie finds herself seized with doubt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one will listen. No one believes her, and a man's life hangs in the balance. A stunning evocation of innocence lost, \u003ci\u003eLight from a Distant Star\u003c\/i\u003e stands as an incredibly moving and powerful novel from one of America's finest writers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARY MCGARRY MORRIS\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eVanished, \u003c\/i\u003ea National Book Award and PEN\/Faulkner Award finalist;\u003ci\u003e A Dangerous Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, which was chosen by \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine as one of the \"Five Best Novels of the Year\" and was made into a major motion picture; and \u003ci\u003eSongs In Ordinary Time\u003c\/i\u003e, which was made into a CBS television movie and was an Oprah Book Club selection. She lives in Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.04 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 17, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47429013831929,"sku":"9780307451880","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ENwk3bbHyc9780307451880_e865390a-64ac-477d-a138-87b09b558665.webp?v=1771442033","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/light-from-a-distant-star-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}