{"product_id":"the-last-verse-9780063265486","title":"The Last Verse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This novel is sexy, suspenseful, and boot-spur sharp.\" --Eli Cranor, Edgar-Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eDon't Know Tough\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet in the country music world of 1970s Nashville, a struggling musician writes a hit song that both promises her long-sought-after fame and implicates her in a heinous crime. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNashville, 1977: A broken heart. A terrible crime. A song the world would sing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen aspiring musician Twyla Finch arrives in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1977, the nineteen-year-old Texan is dazzled by the fringe-and-rhinestones country music scene. Live music flows from bars, open mic nights tempt with the chance of stardom, and record label execs seek the next hot new act.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Twyla finds her way in this vibrant town, she soon falls for Chet Wilton, country music hopeful and son of blue-blooded Nashvillians. When a night out with Chet goes terribly wrong, Twyla finds herself involved in a shocking crime. Hoping to process what happened that fateful night, she composes a haunting ballad that she performs only once in an empty bar. But weeks later, when she turns on the radio, she hears another woman singing her song.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwyla must decide: Should she claim her ballad and secure the fame she's always wanted? Or stay quiet and avoid implicating herself in the terrible crime she's desperate to put in the past?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeductive and bold, tense and unflinching, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Verse\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of a woman's ambitions, obsessions, and determination to claim her voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063265486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2023 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Caroline Frost","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43471022522549,"sku":"9780063265486","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1c27a05c-d0a2-40d0-83c7-69baf98e5b44.jpg?v=1704821627","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-last-verse-9780063265486","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}