{"product_id":"booth-paperback","title":"Booth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Joy Fowler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReal Simple - AARP - USA Today \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003eNPR \u003ci\u003e- Virginia Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLonglisted for the 2022 Booker Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the Man Booker finalist and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an epic and intimate novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1822, a secret family moves into a secret cabin some thirty miles northeast of Baltimore, to farm, to hide, and to bear ten children over the course of the next sixteen years. Junius Booth--breadwinner, celebrated Shakespearean actor, and master of the house in more ways than one--is at once a mesmerizing talent and a man of terrifying instability. One by one the children arrive, as year by year, the country draws frighteningly closer to the boiling point of secession and civil war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the tenor of the world shifts, the Booths emerge from their hidden lives to cement their place as one of the country's leading theatrical families. But behind the curtains of the many stages they have graced, multiple scandals, family triumphs, and criminal disasters begin to take their toll, and the solemn siblings of John Wilkes Booth are left to reckon with the truth behind the destructively specious promise of an early prophecy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooth \u003c\/i\u003eis a startling portrait of a country in the throes of change and a vivid exploration of the ties that make, and break, a family.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Joy Fowler\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of six novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Jane Austen Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e, which was the winner of the PEN\/Faulkner Award and short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693509840959,"sku":"9780593331453","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8deabaaea399f4b5621b5a59c5173ee3.webp?v=1764999174","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/booth-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}