{"product_id":"twisted-tree-9780547386409","title":"Twisted Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eHayley Jo Zimmerman is gone. Taken. And the people of small-town Twisted Tree must come to terms with this terrible event--their loss, their place in it, and the secrets they all carry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this brilliantly written novel, one girl's story unfolds through the stories of those who knew her. Among them, a supermarket clerk recalls an encounter with a disturbingly thin Hayley Jo. An ex-priest remembers baptizing Hayley Jo and seeing her with her best friend, Laura, whose mother the priest once loved. And Laura berates herself for all the running they did, how it fed her friend's addiction, and how there were so many secrets she didn't see. And so, Hayley Jo's absence recasts the lives of others and connects them, her death rooting itself into the community in astonishingly violent and tender ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSolidly in the company of Aryn Kyle, Kent Haruf, and Peter Matthiessen, Kent Meyers is one of the best contemporary writers on the American West. Here he also takes us into the complexity of community regardless of landscape, and offers a tribute to the powerful effect one person's life can have on everyone she knew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeyers, Kent:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - KENT MEYERS is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLight in the Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe River Warren\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Witness of Combines\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a recipient of an ALA Alex Award, two Minnesota Book Awards, and a Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association Award. His work has been included in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e list of Notable Books and is published in a wide array of prestigious magazines.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50325221736722,"sku":"9780547386409","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47d7e2b0-15d6-4c14-845c-1358884bf35f.jpg?v=1727683206","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/twisted-tree-9780547386409","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}