{"product_id":"cavedweller-9780452279698","title":"Cavedweller","description":"From the author of the \"flawless\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) classic \u003ci\u003eBastard Out of Carolina \u003c\/i\u003ecomes \u003cb\u003eCavedweller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eonce again demonstrating Allison's umatched strengths as a storyteller. Reading \"like a thematic sequel\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) to her first novel, \u003cb\u003eCavedweller \u003c\/b\u003etackles questions of forgiveness, mother-daughter bonds, and the strength of the human spirit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Delia Byrd packs up her old Datsun and her daughter Cissy and gets on the Santa Monica Freeway heading south and east, she is leaving everything she has known for ten years: the tinsel glitter of the rock 'n' roll world; her dreams of singing and songwriting; and a life lived on credit cards and whiskey with a man who made promises he couldn't keep. Delia Byrd is going back to Cayro, Georgia, to reclaim her life--and the two daughters she left behind...Told in the incantatory voice of one of America's most eloquent storytellers, \u003cb\u003eCavedweller\u003c\/b\u003e is a sweeping novel of the human spirit, the lost and hidden recesses of the heart, and the place where violence and redemption intersect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452279698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/20\/1999 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dorothy Allison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43397617451189,"sku":"9780452279698","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_88edcfd6-663d-4c4d-a567-5b40299d0e4b.jpg?v=1702390988","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cavedweller-9780452279698","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}