{"product_id":"all-over-creation-9780142003893","title":"All Over Creation","description":"\u003cb\u003eA warm and witty saga about agribusiness, environmental activism, and community--from the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Form and Emptiness \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Tale for the Time Being\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yumi Fuller hasn't set foot in her hometown of Liberty Falls, Idaho--heart of the potato-farming industry--since she ran away at age fifteen. Twenty-five years later, the prodigal daughter returns to confront her dying parents, her best friend, and her conflicted past, and finds herself caught up in an altogether new drama. The post-millennial farming community has been invaded by Agribusiness forces at war with a posse of activists, the Seeds of Resistance, who travel the country in a camping car, \"The Spudnick,\" biofueled by pilfered McDonald's french-fry oil. Following her widely hailed, award-winning debut novel, \u003ci\u003eMy Year of Meats\u003c\/i\u003e, Ruth Ozeki returns here to deliver a quirky cast of characters and a wickedly humorous appreciation of the foibles of corporate life, globalization, political resistance, youth culture, and aging baby boomers. \u003ci\u003eAll Over Creation \u003c\/i\u003etells a celebratory tale of the beauty of seeds, roots, and growth--and the capacity for renewal that resides within us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Ozeki \u003c\/b\u003eis a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest. She is the award-winning author of three novels, \u003ci\u003eMy Year of Meats\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll Over Creation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Tale for the Time Being\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the 2013 Booker Prize. Her nonfiction work includes a memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Face: A Time Code, \u003c\/i\u003e and the documentary film, \u003ci\u003e Halving the Bones. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is affiliated with the Everyday Zen Foun­dation and teaches creative writing at Smith College, where she is the Grace Jarcho Ross 1933 Professor of Humanities.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613912994066,"sku":"9780142003893","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d722a537-f518-401d-aa3d-137d886825b0.jpg?v=1732421774","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/all-over-creation-9780142003893","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}