{"product_id":"boy-in-the-water-9780142181829","title":"Boy in the Water","description":"Another bucolic fall in northern New Hampshire, and the semester is under way at Bishop's Hill Academy. But this year the start of school has been less than tranquil. The new headmaster, Jim Hawthorne, has liberal ideas that the staff find far from welcome; eloquent as he is on the subject of honor, rumor has it he's taken this job to escape his past. And Hawthorne isn't the only uneasy newcomer. There's Jessica Weaver, a stripper at fifteen, and Frank LeBrun, a replacement cook who's a bit too quick with a dirty joke. All three have secrets to conceal, memories to suppress. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSerene on the surface, the ivy-clad, tree-lined campus gives few clues to the school's history of special privileges, petty corruptions, and hidden allegiances. And as winter closes in, students, teachers, and staff get an education in savagery and murder. With his uncanny awareness of the intricacies of human nature, the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Church of Dead Girls\u003c\/i\u003e once again probes the daily life of an ordinary community to reveal the depths of good and evil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blue Rider Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780142181829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.40d","brand":"Stephen Dobyns","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52122223411381,"sku":"9780142181829","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_365566d6-2855-4b0c-bcce-a2feb7cbd7fa.jpg?v=1766512120","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/boy-in-the-water-9780142181829","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}