{"product_id":"q-road-9780743203661","title":"Q Road","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe debut novel from the National Book Award-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Salvage\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Waters\u003c\/i\u003e--A \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick! \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGreenland Township, Michigan: On the same acres where farmers once displaced Potawatomi Indians, suburban developers now supplant farmers and prefab homes spring up in last year's cornfields. All along Q Road--or \"Queer Road,\" as the locals call it--the old, rural life collides weirdly with the new. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith humor and empathy, Bonnie Jo Campbell reveals the beauty and strangeness of her characters--ferocious women, confused men, and hungry children. Offering keen insights into modern rural America, Campbell explores the rich and ragged landscape of a town where family traditions have flown the coop and only the cycle of the seasons remains. With a cast of lovingly rendered eccentrics and a powerful sense of place, \u003ci\u003eQ Road \u003c\/i\u003eis a lively tale of nature and human desire that alters the landscape of contemporary fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBonnie Jo Campbell is the bestselling author of six works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Waters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a River\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerican\u003ci\u003e Salvage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, AWP's Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction, and a Pushcart Prize, she lives outside Kalamazoo, Michigan, with donkeys.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50621025878290,"sku":"9780743203661","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dbd7431d-0fbe-4487-ba5c-afcc8300a6ca.jpg?v=1732578636","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/q-road-9780743203661","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}