{"product_id":"jewelweed-9781571311061","title":"Jewelweed","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a masterful storyteller, comes a Midwestern epic that illuminates the majestic in the commonplace.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen David Rhodes burst onto the American literary scene in the 1970s, he was hailed as \"a brilliant visionary\" (John Gardner), and compared to Sherwood Anderson and Marilynne Robinson. In \u003ci\u003eDriftless\u003c\/i\u003e, his \"most accomplished work yet\" (Joseph Kanon), Rhodes brought Words, WI, to life in a way that resonated with readers across the country. Now with \u003ci\u003eJewelweed\u003c\/i\u003e, this beloved author returns to the same out-of-the-way hamlet and introduces a cast of characters who all find themselves charged with overcoming the burdens left by the past, sometimes with the help of peach preserves or pie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter serving time for a dubious conviction, Blake Bookchester is paroled and returns home. The story of Blake's hometown is one of challenge, change, and redemption, of outsiders and of limitations, and simultaneously one of supernatural happenings and of great love. Each of Rhodes's characters--flawed, deeply human, and ultimately universal--approach the future with a combination of hope and trepidation, increasingly mindful of the importance of community to their individual lives. Rich with a sense of empathy and wonder, \u003ci\u003eJewelweed\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vision in which the ordinary becomes mythical.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571311061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/10\/2014 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Rhodes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660143521948,"sku":"9781571311061","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_efffb135-552e-4b3d-a939-8d61da439366.jpg?v=1603896196","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/jewelweed-9781571311061","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}