{"product_id":"groundskeeping-9780593314784","title":"Groundskeeping","description":"\u003cb\u003eA TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK - An indelible love story about two very different people navigating the entanglements of class and identity and coming of age in an America coming apart at the seams--this is \"an extraordinary debut about the ties that bind families together and tear them apart across generations\" (Ann Patchett, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dutch House\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the run-up to the 2016 election, Owen Callahan, an aspiring writer, moves back to Kentucky to live with his Trump-supporting uncle and grandfather. Eager to clean up his act after wasting time and potential in his early twenties, he takes a job as a groundskeeper at a small local college, in exchange for which he is permitted to take a writing course. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere he meets Alma Hazdic, a writer in residence who seems to have everything that Owen lacks--a prestigious position, an Ivy League education, success as a writer. They begin a secret relationship, and as they grow closer, Alma--who comes from a liberal family of Bosnian immigrants--struggles to understand Owen's fraught relationship with family and home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExquisitely written; expertly crafted; dazzling in its precision, restraint, and depth of feeling, \u003ci\u003eGroundskeeping\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of haunting power and grace from a prodigiously gifted young writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593314784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Lee Cole","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42567531659445,"sku":"9780593314784","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_07ce49f7-0d46-4471-a7b3-dac46e64037b.jpg?v=1671551435","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/groundskeeping-9780593314784","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}