{"product_id":"ocean-state-paperback-1","title":"Ocean State - 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\u003eStewart O'Nan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet in a working-class town on the Rhode Island coast, O'Nan's latest is a crushing, beautifully written, and profoundly compelling novel about sisters, mothers, and daughters, and the terrible things love makes us do.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eIn the first line of \u003ci\u003eOcean State\u003c\/i\u003e, we learn that a high school student was murdered, and we find out who did it. The story that unfolds from there with incredible momentum is thus one of the build-up to and fall-out from the murder, told through the alternating perspectives of the four women at its heart. Angel, the murderer, Carol, her mother, and Birdy, the victim, all come alive on the page as they converge in a climax both tragic and inevitable. Watching over it all is the retrospective testimony of Angel's younger sister Marie, who reflects on that doomed autumn of 2009 with all the wisdom of hindsight.\u003cp\u003e Angel and Birdy love the same teenage boy, frantically and single mindedly, and are compelled by the intensity of their feelings to extremes neither could have anticipated. O'Nan's expert hand paints a fully realized portrait of these women, but also weaves a compelling and heartbreaking story of working-class life in Ashaway, Rhode Island. Propulsive, moving, and deeply rendered, \u003ci\u003eOcean State\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful novel by one of our greatest storytellers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStewart O'Nan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eWish You Were Here\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEveryday People\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Walled City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Speed Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEmily, Alone\u003c\/i\u003e. His 2007 novel, \u003ci\u003eLast Night at the Lobster\u003c\/i\u003e, was a national bestseller and a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh, where he lives with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47244293144825,"sku":"9780802162335","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/T0xZR2Y2UTIrclJWRzNLa3FENlNjQT09_310bda0b-dd64-47f3-8142-a6564bd1ccfb.webp?v=1768591101","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/ocean-state-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}