{"product_id":"being-esther-paperback","title":"Being Esther - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMiriam Karmel\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\u003eMiriam Karmel\u003c\/b\u003e has worked professionally as a newspaper reporter and magazine editor, and most recently as a freelance writer specializing in medicine and health. Her journalism has appeared in \u003ci\u003eAARP\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and \u003ci\u003eMinnesota Women's Press.\u003c\/i\u003e Her fiction has won numerous regional prizes, and her stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eBellevue Literary Review, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMinnesota Monthly, \u003c\/i\u003e and anthologized in Milkweed's \u003ci\u003eFiction on a Stick.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Minneapolis, MN, and Sandisfield, MA. \u003ci\u003eBeing Esther\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701272383551,"sku":"9781571311054","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/38932730d22f76ce64b24af20a4ac7bb.webp?v=1765020000","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/being-esther-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}