{"product_id":"a-summons-to-memphis-9780375701177","title":"A Summons to Memphis","description":"One of the most celebrated novels of its time, the Pulitzer Prize winner \u003ci\u003eA Summons to Memphis\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the Carver family, natives of Nashville, residents, with the exception of Phillip, of Memphis, Tennessee. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the twilight of a Sunday afternoon in March, New York book editor Phillip Carver receives an urgent phone call from each of his older, unmarried sisters. They plead with Phillip to help avert their widower father's impending remarriage to a younger woman. Hesitant to get embroiled in a family drama, he reluctantly agrees to go back south, only to discover the true motivation behing his sisters' concern. While there, Phillip is forced to confront his domineering siblings, a controlling patriarch, and flood of memories from this troubled past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Taylor is one of the masters of Southern literature, whose work stands in the company of Eudora Walty, James Agee, and Walker Percy. In \u003ci\u003eA Summons to Memphis\u003c\/i\u003e, he composed a richly evocative story of revenge, resolution, and redemption, and gave us a classic work of American literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375701177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.20w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1999 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e10848 \/ Summons to Memphis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.5 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Peter Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636684746908,"sku":"9780375701177","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0a455a12-534b-4616-a50d-13d1dc163c4b.jpg?v=1603842638","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-summons-to-memphis-9780375701177","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}