{"product_id":"in-the-river-sweet-paperback-by-patricia-henley","title":"In the River Sweet Paperback by Patricia Henley","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\u003eAnchor\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2004-04-13)\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\u003e304\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780385721325\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e234.6\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.32 x 13.03 x 1.91\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eNational Book Award finalist Patricia Henley captivates us with this engrossing novel of a woman whose long-held secret will transform her life and her marriage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom all appearances, Ruth Anne Bond is enviably lucky. Her husband, Johnny, still treats her like a young lover. Her grown daughter is a staunch friend. Her steady work and devotion to the church have quietly made her a pillar of the community. Then one long Indiana summer brings some unexpected communiqués—including one she has both craved and feared for thirty years. As long-hidden truths threaten to emerge, for the first time in her marriage Ruth Anne is faced with memories she and Johnny never discuss: of a year spent in Saigon in 1968—and a past she has yet to acknowledge. Probing questions of family and faith, Patricia Henley offers us a tender, far-sighted novel about seeking answers and achieving grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003ePatricia Henley’s first novel, \u003ci\u003eHummingbird House,\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the 1999 National   Book Award and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Best Fiction Book Award. Henley has also written two   books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eLearning to Die\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBack Roads,\u003c\/i\u003e and four story collections: \u003ci\u003eFriday   Night at Silver Star,\u003c\/i\u003e which won the 1985 Montana Arts Council First Book Award; \u003ci\u003eThe   Secret of Cartwheels\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWorship of the Common Heart: New and Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Other Heartbreaks.\u003c\/i\u003e Her stories have been published in such magazines as \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly, Ploughshares,   The Missouri Review, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNorthwest Review,\u003c\/i\u003e and   anthologized in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pushcart Prize \u003c\/i\u003eanthology\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e For 27 years she taught in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Purdue University. She lives in Frostburg, Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46553042616481,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780385721325","price":30.4,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780385721325.jpg?v=1781723911","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/in-the-river-sweet-paperback-by-patricia-henley","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}