{"product_id":"blue-marlin-9781949467314","title":"Blue Marlin","description":"On a patched-up family vacation to Key West, a young girl seeks out movie stars and redemption for her fractured family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in the small coal-mining town of Grundy, Virginia, \u003cb\u003eLee Smith\u003c\/b\u003e began writing stories at the age of nine and selling them for a nickel apiece. Since then, she has written seventeen works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eFair and Tender Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOral History\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eGuests on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received many awards, including the North Carolina Award for Literature and an Academy Award in Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Last Girls\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller as well as winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. She lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina, with her husband, the writer Hal Crowther.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blair","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669954498834,"sku":"9781949467314","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b7b7964c-d266-4a11-a4cc-b769713ad4f1.jpg?v=1733769536","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blue-marlin-9781949467314","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}