{"product_id":"float-up-sing-down-9781639730100","title":"Float Up, Sing Down","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaird Hunt's masterful story collection capturing one summer's day in the Indiana community where the beloved National Book Award Finalist \u003ci\u003eZorrie \u003c\/i\u003ebloomed.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCandy Wilson has forgotten to buy the paprika. Turner Davis needs to get his zinnias in. Della Dorner told her mother she was going to the Galaxy Swirl, but that's not where she's really headed on her new Schwinn five-speed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFloat Up, Sing Down \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of a single day. But in that day, how much teeming life! The residents of this rural town have their routines, their preferences, their joys, grudges, and regrets. Gossip is paramount. Lives are entwined. Retired sheriffs climb corn bins and muse on lost love, French teachers throw firecrackers out of barn windows, and teenagers borrow motorcycles to ride the back roads. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach of the fourteen stories of \u003ci\u003eFloat Up, Sing Down\u003c\/i\u003e follows one character's day in the life in one of Hunt's most beloved and enduring landscapes. In the tradition of Willa Cather, Sherwood Anderson, Elizabeth Strout, and Edward P. Jones, this is a symphony of souls, a masterful portrait of both loneliness and community by one of our great limners of American experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639730100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.51w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2023 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Laird Hunt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43397704417461,"sku":"9781639730100","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f6ed66da-f8c1-4892-87b8-4f2f04481f3f.jpg?v=1702392976","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/float-up-sing-down-9781639730100","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}