{"product_id":"mcmullen-circle-paperback","title":"McMullen Circle - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeather Newton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe twelve linked stories in \u003ci\u003eMcMullen Circle \u003c\/i\u003eexplore the intertwined lives of faculty families at the McMullen Boarding School in Tonola Falls, Georgia in 1969-70. The school community is isolated and idyllic, yet issues of race and the Vietnam War still intrude. Does heroism require physical prowess, or is there valor in a cafeteria worker enduring a cluttered, needy life with her four young sons, or an elderly librarian caring for her disabled lesbian partner? What does it take for a young African American girl to find the courage to assert her right to attend the all-white private school? The stories in this collection ask what, and who, are the real heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeather Newton's\u003c\/b\u003e novel \u003ci\u003eUnder The Mercy Trees \u003c\/i\u003e(HarperCollins 2011) won the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, was chosen by the Women's National Book Association as a Great Group Reads Selection, and named an \"Okra Pick\" by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. Her short prose has appeared in \u003ci\u003eEnchanted Conversation Magazine, The Drum, Dirty Spoon, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. A practicing attorney, she teaches creative writing for UNC-Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program and is co-founder and Program Manager for the Flatiron Writers Room writers' center in Asheville, NC. www.heathernewton.net\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 167\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698429333567,"sku":"9781646030767","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/80d7d8f740850f2469b11d369dce2b10.webp?v=1765010362","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/mcmullen-circle-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}