{"product_id":"sallowsfield-a-novel-volume-7-paperback","title":"Sallowsfield: A Novel Volume 7 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCliff Hudder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrandy Beucler\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Wyatt W. Sallow, MBA--poet, business ethics professor, and coach of the 8th ranked collegiate chess team in East Texas--travels to the heart of northern England to trace his family origins in mundane Sallowsfield, only to find his supposed ancestry a mirage. He does have a real past, however: one that stalks him across the green hillsides in echoes of his catastrophic marriage, the lingering shadow of a lost child, and--there, in person, inexplicably emerging from the town's \u003ci\u003efaux-\u003c\/i\u003eVictorian train station--\"X,\" the enigmatic object of his unrequited passion and a figure as perplexing as an algebraic variable. On his eight-day tour\/pilgrimage\/mock epic journey, Wyatt pursues the specter of his lost love and crosses paths with the citizens of this down-at-its-heels market town as they struggle to grasp the all-consuming obsessions, ghosts, and X-factors that confound their days. Thought-provoking yet dryly humorous, \u003ci\u003eSallowsfield \u003c\/i\u003eweaves diverse elements into a story both light-hearted and philosophical, exploring along the way universal human touchstones of obsession, ruined love and the inexplicable mysteries that shape our lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of The Sabine Series in Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e CLIFF HUDDER earned an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Houston and a Ph.D. in American Literature from Texas A\u0026amp;M. He has been an archaeological laborer, film editor, photographer, electrical lineman, and educator. In addition to his published articles and short stories, his novella, \u003ci\u003eSplinterville\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2007 \u003ci\u003eTexas Review\u003c\/i\u003e Fiction Award, and his novel, \u003ci\u003ePretty Enough for You\u003c\/i\u003e, was named a Top-10 Texas favorite for 2015 by \u003ci\u003eLone Star Literary Life\u003c\/i\u003e. Hudder teaches at Lone Star College-Montgomery in Conroe, Texas, and was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters in 2017. \u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 390\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.97 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725186207807,"sku":"9781680033571","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a0a44b960ac234697e1909402f8cc34f.webp?v=1765105532","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/sallowsfield-a-novel-volume-7-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}