{"product_id":"horse-heaven-paperback-by-jane-smiley","title":"Horse Heaven Paperback by Jane Smiley","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eBallantine Books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2001-02-27)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e592\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780449005415\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e466.36\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.93 x 14.02 x 3.05\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eNOTABLE BOOK • An “irresistible [and] beautifully braided tale” (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) that spans two years in the lives of thoroughbred breeders and trainers—and of the horses themselves—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Acres\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[A] wise, spirited novel . . . Smiley plumbs the wondrously strange world of horse racing.”—\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[Smiley is] one of the premier novelists of her generation, possessed of a mystery of craft and an uncompromising vision.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s not true,” says a character in Jane Smiley’s funny, passionate, and brilliant novel of horse racing, “that \u003ci\u003eanything \u003c\/i\u003ecan happen at the racetrack,” but many astonishing and affecting things do—and in \u003ci\u003eHorse Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, we find them woven into a marvelous tapestry of joy and love, trickery, folly, greed, and heroism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMillionaire owners risk more than money. Canny horsemen (and women) learn more than they bargained for. Young girls experience their first innocent love for the beautiful animals. And the horses—nervous or cocky, lucky or doomed—take the hapless, hopeful humans on one very wild ride.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed by \u003ci\u003eSalon \u003c\/i\u003eas “a remarkable achievement,” \u003ci\u003eHorse Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e is a sprawling masterpiece that revels in the desire and chance that is horse racing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Smiley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of nine previous works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Grief, The Greenlanders, Ordinary Love \u0026amp; Good Will, A Thousand Acres\u003c\/i\u003e (for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize), and \u003ci\u003eMoo\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in northern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46553647218849,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780449005415","price":26.59,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780449005415.jpg?v=1781738006","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/horse-heaven-paperback-by-jane-smiley","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}