{"product_id":"sallowsfield-9781680033571","title":"Sallowsfield","description":"\u003cp\u003e Wyatt W. Sallow, MBA--poet, business ethics professor, and coach of the 8th ranked collegiate chess team in East Texas--travels to the heart of northern England to trace his family origins in mundane Sallowsfield, only to find his supposed ancestry a mirage. He does have a real past, however: one that stalks him across the green hillsides in echoes of his catastrophic marriage, the lingering shadow of a lost child, and--there, in person, inexplicably emerging from the town's \u003ci\u003efaux-\u003c\/i\u003eVictorian train station--\"X,\" the enigmatic object of his unrequited passion and a figure as perplexing as an algebraic variable. On his eight-day tour\/pilgrimage\/mock epic journey, Wyatt pursues the specter of his lost love and crosses paths with the citizens of this down-at-its-heels market town as they struggle to grasp the all-consuming obsessions, ghosts, and X-factors that confound their days. Thought-provoking yet dryly humorous, \u003ci\u003eSallowsfield \u003c\/i\u003eweaves diverse elements into a story both light-hearted and philosophical, exploring along the way universal human touchstones of obsession, ruined love and the inexplicable mysteries that shape our lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of The Sabine Series in Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781680033571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs","brand":"Cliff Hudder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44700378366133,"sku":"9781680033571","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6dda01bf-f017-4d7c-8f54-9af6d803dabf.jpg?v=1728396899","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sallowsfield-9781680033571","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}