{"product_id":"out-of-peel-tree-paperback","title":"Out of Peel Tree - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Long\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Literary fiction novel about generations of a family in Appalachia\"--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Moving through time and space, \u003ci\u003eOut of Peel Tree\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds the patterns of an Appalachian sensibility that reverberate everywhere: a fatalism balanced by humor and flinty, hard-won hope, an appreciation for the surprises of the everyday, and a search for love and home amid strange and familiar places and people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This innovative debut novel reveals the lives of a far-flung contemporary Appalachian family through a web of delicate turning points. A child discovers a grandmother she never knew has died. A runaway teen schemes to start a new life in Texas. A man on parole falls hopelessly in love with a shoplifter. A woman receives a letter about her husband's other wife. An old woman confronts a burglar with the help of her ghost-husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e United by a connection to their matriarch, these characters search at home and beyond to make a fresh sense of their changing lives. As a novel in stories, \u003ci\u003eOut of Peel Tree\u003c\/i\u003e brings a new lyricism to the page and a new voice to American and Appalachian literature--a voice deeply inflected by the beauty of the natural world and by working-class grit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Long has received a James Michener Fellowship, James River Writers Award, Donald Barthelme Fellowship, PEN-Texas Award, Virginia Center for Creative Arts fellowships, and has published in magazines including \u003ci\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eShenandoah.\u003c\/i\u003e She is the author of two books of poems, \u003ci\u003eImagine a Door\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Eye of Caroline Herschel: A Life in Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches at Lynchburg College in Virginia and has taught in numerous community and university settings in Austin, Houston, and far west Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.47 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691276144703,"sku":"9781940425009","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/02f10a58ea254669e5c8b9b560e7a5e7.webp?v=1764991580","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/out-of-peel-tree-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}