{"product_id":"bitter-milk-9780312301934","title":"Bitter Milk","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Whiting Award-winning writer John McManus comes a debut novel of startling originality and mystery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe son of an unknown father and an ostracized mother, and the next of kin in a long line of bastard relatives, nine-year-old Loren Garland lives a life of subtle mystery beneath the shadow of an East Tennessee mountain. It is on his family's broken-down estate that Loren's imagination grows, and with it, the extraordinary voice of \u003ci\u003eBitter Milk\u003c\/i\u003e, a young boy named Luther who may be Loren's imaginary friend, his conscience, or his evil twin. And yet outside the puzzle of Loren's brain, there are the darker goings-on of his family--his mother who wishes she were a man, his new uncle who plans to develop the Garland land into real estate, and his withered grandfather who holds the clan together through truculence and fear. When Loren's mother disappears, he must set out on a quest of his own devising, tossing aside the trappings of youth in order to discover the truth of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312301934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.55w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/25\/2005 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2005 pg. 1754\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2005 pg. 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2005\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John McManus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42021967331509,"sku":"9780312301934","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_54a32807-58d4-45d1-a63f-59671429eec6.jpg?v=1649301650","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bitter-milk-9780312301934","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}