{"product_id":"everything-is-just-beginning-9780800741655","title":"Everything Is Just Beginning","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 2024 Michigan Notable Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Immersive Story of Music, Struggle, and Starting Over from an Award-Winning Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Sullivan is a talented lyricist and a decent guitarist, but since he was kicked out of his band (and his apartment), he's not sure he'll ever get a record deal. Living with his loser uncle in a beat-up trailer and working a dead-end job, Michael has little reason to hope for a better future. Until the invitation for a swanky New Year's Eve party shows up in the mailbox. It's for his uncle, with whom he shares his name, but his uncle is going out of town . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the effervescent night of December 31, 1989--as the Berlin Wall is coming down, the Soviet Union is inching toward democracy, and anything seems possible--Michael will cross paths with the accomplished and enigmatic young heir to a fading musical dynasty, forever altering both of their futures. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning novelist Erin Bartels enchants with this story of two lonely souls who have exactly what the other one needs--if they could simply turn their focus from what is ending to what is just beginning\u003ci\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bartels's spirited writing enlivens the earnest tale. Readers will root for these characters as they chase their dreams.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I was completely absorbed in this book from the first chapter. I sat in my chair and did not get up until I finished it! . . . . Bartels smacks this out of the park.\"--\u003ci\u003eInterviews \u0026amp; Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin Bartels\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWe Hope for Better Things\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Words between Us\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll That We Carried\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water\u003c\/i\u003e. A two-time Christy finalist and winner of two 2020 WFWA Star Awards and the 2020 Michigan Notable Book Award, Erin has been a publishing professional for twenty years. She lives in Lansing, Michigan, with her husband, Zachary, and their son. Find her online at www.erinbartels.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fleming H. Revell Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50630180897042,"sku":"9780800741655","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9469089e-e519-4f18-85ed-592f6d6d1856.jpg?v=1732745384","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/everything-is-just-beginning-9780800741655","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}