{"product_id":"think-of-england-9780743234979","title":"Think of England","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Gloaming\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFellowship Point\u003c\/i\u003e, Alice Elliott Dark's powerful and emotional debut novel traces one young woman's reckoning with a childhood tragedy set during mid-1960s America and 1970s London. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo cataclysmic events occur on February 9, 1964. The Beatles appear on \u003ci\u003eThe Ed Sullivan Show\u003c\/i\u003e and later that night, nine-year-old Jane MacLeod's life changes forever. It has been said that children are good observers but poor interpreters and Jane's interpretation of the events of that evening shapes her life in ways she doesn't recognize. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThink of England\u003c\/i\u003e follows Jane from an intense love affair in the ex-pat scene in punk-era London to working motherhood in New York to a family reunion in the country--and a reckoning with the ghost that has stood between her and her dreams of a happy family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlice Elliott Dark is the author the novels \u003ci\u003eFellowship Point\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThink of England\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as two collections of short stories, \u003ci\u003eIn the Gloaming \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNaked to the Waist.\u003c\/i\u003e Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e O. Henry: Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, among others\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHer award-winning story\u003ci\u003e \"\u003c\/i\u003eIn the Gloaming\" was made into two films and was chosen for inclusion in \u003ci\u003eBest American Stories of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e. Dark is a past recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. She is an associate professor at Rutgers-Newark in the MFA program.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692846289170,"sku":"9780743234979","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3ff9f60d-5252-43d8-a7d7-2a4ed9eaae93.jpg?v=1734135279","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/think-of-england-9780743234979","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}