{"product_id":"the-best-people-in-the-world-9780060815356","title":"The Best People in the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Paducah, Kentucky, seventeen-year-old Thomas feels as reined in as the mighty Ohio, a river confined by high floodwalls protecting his small Southern hometown. But all boundaries vanish when Thomas experiences first love with Alice, his new history teacher, a woman eight years his senior--and when he meets Shiloh, a misfit vagabond and anarchist who becomes his new role model. Fleeing to rural Vermont, this unlikely trio boldly pursues freedom, intimacy, and seclusion, unfettered by commitments and rules. But a life apart from the world does not ensure a life apart from the past--and for one of them, the past that emerges will threaten tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTussing, Justin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJustin Tussing's short fiction has appeared in several publications, including \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTriQuarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThird Coast\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and he lives in Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459888877842,"sku":"9780060815356","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fd9ebad9-d7b7-499c-b1ab-d3e4a5e07148.jpg?v=1730011975","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-people-in-the-world-9780060815356","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}