{"product_id":"the-splendid-ticket-hardcover","title":"The Splendid Ticket - Hardcover","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\u003eBill Cotter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngie Bigelow has won the jackpot: a $324 million lottery ticket. How will she spend the money? Will she share it with the father of her children, dissolute Dean Lee Grandet--even though he's an inveterate gambler she plans on leaving? Angie, the lost soul at the center of Bill Cotter's poignant and darkly comic novel, \u003ci\u003e The Splendid Ticket\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e is facing this dilemma when a new tragedy tears through their household. Is that mere slip of numbered paper in the watch pocket of Angie's Levi's their ticket to freedom or the beginning of the end? In a fast-moving plot, shot through with originality and heart, this is the story of the Grandets discovering the alchemy that holds their family together, testing its limits and running headlong into whatever their futures hold. Set in the verdant and sun-soaked Texas Hill Country, \u003ci\u003eThe Splendid Ticket t\u003c\/i\u003eracks the push and pull, the bitter tension and the potent attraction, between these two impulsive individuals--and everyone caught in the storm that surrounds them..\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBill Cotter\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eFever Chart\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Parallel Apartments\u003c\/em\u003e, both published by McSweeney's. He is also responsible for the middle-grade adventure series\u003cem\u003e Saint Philomene's Infirmary for Magical Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e, penned under the name W. Stone Cotter, and published by Macmillan. Cotter's short fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney's Quarterly Concern\u003c\/em\u003e. An essay, \"The Gentleman's Library,\" was awarded a Pushcart Prize. When he is not writing, Cotter labors in the antiquarian book trade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.8 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47391787483385,"sku":"9781952119491","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/1HUYZJAu3Y9781952119491.webp?v=1770231832","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-splendid-ticket-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}