{"product_id":"float-up-sing-down-stories-9781639738274","title":"Float Up, Sing Down: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaird Hunt's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"revelatory (\u003ci\u003eNYT\u003c\/i\u003e)\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 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 \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 Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639738274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.51w x 1.00d","brand":"Laird Hunt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52210063868085,"sku":"9781639738274","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a5a98bf7-6a81-4137-8ab6-aac4d235e2ba.jpg?v=1770132304","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/float-up-sing-down-stories-9781639738274","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}