{"product_id":"out-of-peel-tree-paperback","title":"Out of Peel Tree - 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\u003eLaura Long\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Literary fiction novel about generations of a family in Appalachia\"--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Moving through time and space, \u003ci\u003eOut of Peel Tree\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds the patterns of an Appalachian sensibility that reverberate everywhere: a fatalism balanced by humor and flinty, hard-won hope, an appreciation for the surprises of the everyday, and a search for love and home amid strange and familiar places and people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This innovative debut novel reveals the lives of a far-flung contemporary Appalachian family through a web of delicate turning points. A child discovers a grandmother she never knew has died. A runaway teen schemes to start a new life in Texas. A man on parole falls hopelessly in love with a shoplifter. A woman receives a letter about her husband's other wife. An old woman confronts a burglar with the help of her ghost-husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e United by a connection to their matriarch, these characters search at home and beyond to make a fresh sense of their changing lives. As a novel in stories, \u003ci\u003eOut of Peel Tree\u003c\/i\u003e brings a new lyricism to the page and a new voice to American and Appalachian literature--a voice deeply inflected by the beauty of the natural world and by working-class grit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Long has received a James Michener Fellowship, James River Writers Award, Donald Barthelme Fellowship, PEN-Texas Award, Virginia Center for Creative Arts fellowships, and has published in magazines including \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eShenandoah.\u003c\/i\u003e She is the author of two books of poems, \u003ci\u003eImagine a Door\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Eye of Caroline Herschel: A Life in Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches at Lynchburg College in Virginia and has taught in numerous community and university settings in Austin, Houston, and far west Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.47 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47257439994105,"sku":"9781940425009","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/A3Va7l_Bni9781940425009.webp?v=1768748931","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/out-of-peel-tree-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}