{"product_id":"the-quickening-paperback-by-michelle-hoover","title":"The Quickening Paperback by Michelle Hoover","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\u003eOther Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2010-06-29)\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\u003e224\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781590513460\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e249.48\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.78 x 14.1 x 1.63\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA July 2010 Indie Next Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnidina Current and Mary Morrow live on neighboring farms in the flat, hard country of the upper Midwest during the early 1900s. This hardscrabble life comes easily to some, like Eddie, who has never wanted more than the land she works and the animals she raises on it with her husband, Frank. But for the deeply religious Mary, farming is an awkward living and at odds with her more cosmopolitan inclinations. Still, Mary creates a clean and orderly home life for her stormy husband, Jack, and her sons, while she adapts to the isolation of a rural town through the inspiration of a local preacher. She is the first to befriend Eddie in a relationship that will prove as rugged as the ground they walk on.  Despite having little in common, Eddie and Mary need one another for survival and companionship. But as the Great Depression threatens, the delicate balance of their reliance on one another tips, pitting neighbor against neighbor, exposing the dark secrets they hide from one another, and triggering a series of disquieting events that threaten to unravel not only their friendship but their families as well.\u003cbr\u003e   In this luminous and unforgettable debut, Michelle Hoover explores the polarization of the human soul in times of hardship and the instinctual drive for self-preservation by whatever means necessary. \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eQuickening \u003c\/i\u003estands as a novel of lyrical precision and historical consequence, reflecting the resilience and sacrifices required even now in our modern troubled times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor information, tour dates, and reading group resources, visit www.michellehoover.net.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Hoover \u003c\/b\u003eteaches writing at Boston University and Grub Street and\u003cbr\u003ehas published fiction in \u003ci\u003eConfrontation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Massachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Best New American Voices\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eShe has been a Bread Loaf Writer’s\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eConference scholar, the Philip Roth Writer-in-Residence at Bucknell University, a\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eMacDowell fellow, a Pushcart Prize nominee,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand in 2005 the winner of the PEN\/New\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eEngland Discovery Award for Fiction. She\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewas born in Ames, Iowa, the granddaughter\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eof four longtime farming families.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46555867250849,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781590513460","price":17.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781590513460.jpg?v=1781800015","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-quickening-paperback-by-michelle-hoover","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}