{"product_id":"salt-water-9780671035679","title":"Salt Water","description":"\u003ci\u003eIn the summer of 1963 I fell in love and my father drowned\u003c\/i\u003e....So begins this luminous story of a young man's passage through the dark turns of adult passion. A contemporary retelling of Turgenev's classic tale First Love, \u003ci\u003eSalt Water\u003c\/i\u003e is set against a summer landscape of water, sand, and sky, and relates in seductive detail the momentous events that changed a family forever. \u003cbr\u003e On an isolated island off the Atlantic coast, fifteen-year-old Michael and his parents begin their customary lazy vacation. When two exquisite flirts shatter the calm, Michael experiences the provocative mysteries and the consequences of various kinds of love -- romantic and sensual, paternal and filial. \u003cbr\u003e William Faulkner Award-winning author Charles Simmons explores the very heart of the human need to be wanted, the intricacies of the father-son bond, and a boy's adolescence in all of its desires, confusion, and heartbreak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780671035679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 5.46w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1999 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/08\/1999 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Charles Simmons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40941570523317,"sku":"9780671035679","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_889e7cd4-bfcd-47cc-a391-0d03e65fdce8.jpg?v=1630993241","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/salt-water-9780671035679","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}