{"product_id":"black-water-9780452269866","title":"Black Water","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel from the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling novel \u003ci\u003eWe Were the Mulvaneys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Its power of evocation is remarkable.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the midst of a long summer on Grayling Island, Maine, twenty-six-year-old Kelly Kelleher longs for something interesting to happen to her--something that will make her finally feel some of what she imagines other people must feel when they watch the fireworks explode off the beach. So when Kelly meets The Senator at an exclusive party and he asks her to go back to a hotel room on the main island with him, she says yes. Even though the senator is old enough to be her father, even though he has perhaps been drinking too heavily to get behind the wheel, the danger of saying \u003ci\u003eyes\u003c\/i\u003e is an inevitable and even exciting part of the adventure Kelly is finally going to have. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHowever, as The Senator's car whips around the island's roads and eventually crashes through a guardrail, it becomes clear to Kelly and the reader that this man embodies a wholly different and more sinister type of danger, one much larger and harder to contain than the horrible events that unfold as Kelly is left in the sinking car. \u003ci\u003eBlack Water\u003c\/i\u003e is a chilling meditation on power, trust, and violation and a timeless classic from one of America's foremost storytellers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plume Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452269866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.38w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/29\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2008 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/11\/2009 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Joyce Carol Oates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637476257948,"sku":"9780452269866","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_838f9b0f-5309-4442-a675-82aa1266fe84.jpg?v=1603844865","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/black-water-9780452269866","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}