{"product_id":"beginning-with-cannonballs-9781631528484","title":"Beginning with Cannonballs","description":"\u003cb\u003e\" . . . both timely and timeless in today's fraught social climate.\" --\u003ci\u003eNecessary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This lyric novel is a gorgeous mosaic.\" --John Dufresne \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eTrue Stories at the Smoky View\u003c\/i\u003e is back with another novel about an unusual friendship. In the 1940s, in segregated Knoxville, Tennessee, Gail (white) and Hanna (black) shared a crib in Gail's parents' house, where Hanna's mother, Sophie, was the live-in maid. When the girls were four, Sophie taught them to swim, and soon they were gleefully doing cannonballs off the diving board, playing a game they'd invented based on their favorite Billie Holiday song. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the time they're both in college, however, the two friends have lost touch with each other. A reunion in Washington, DC, sought by Gail but resented by Hanna, sets the tone for their relationship from then on. Marriage, children, and a tragic death further strain the increasingly fragile bond. How much longer can the friendship last?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631528484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Jill McCroskey Coupe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663349739676,"sku":"9781631528484","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b044a1a0-be96-4474-acff-59566f6292a1.jpg?v=1603904099","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/beginning-with-cannonballs-9781631528484","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}