{"product_id":"leaving-pico-paperback","title":"Leaving Pico - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank X. Gaspar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the insular Portuguese fishing community of Provincetown, Josie Carvalho's life has been shaped by the annual influx of summer tourists and his great aunt's fervent, if idiosyncratic, Catholicism. The counterweight to these forces has always been Josie's relationship with his grandfather John Joseph, a drunk, clam-poaching old man who is nevertheless a sly and masterful storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a stranger starts dating Josie's mother and upsets the family's equilibrium, John Joseph heals the rift with the colorful and adventurous stories of their ancestor, Francisco Carvalho, a Portuguese explorer who just may have beaten Columbus to the New World. With the guidance of these obscure but inspired tales, Josie begins to find new ways of understanding his family and the outside world. This new edition of \u003ci\u003eLeaving Pico\u003c\/i\u003e makes Frank X. Gaspar's award-winning coming-of-age novel accessible to a new generation of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFRANK X. GASPAR was born and raised in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The author of five collections of poetry and two novels, \u003ci\u003eLeaving Pico\u003c\/i\u003e was a Barnes and Noble Discovery Prize winner, a recipient of the California Book Award for First Fiction, and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727439630399,"sku":"9781951470166","price":25.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f970aa5d0b2bdd794cef5d1866f877f0.webp?v=1765114828","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/leaving-pico-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}