{"product_id":"the-lost-saints-of-tennessee-9780802120816","title":"The Lost Saints of Tennessee","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Pitch-perfect . . . In her powerful debut, Franklin-Willis expertly crafts a Southern novel that stands with genre classics like \u003ci\u003eThe Prince of Tides\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBastard out of Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . A measured, slow-burning book, with complex, compelling characters and secrets. A beautiful novel from a talented new author, \u003ci\u003e The Lost Saints of Tennessee \u003c\/i\u003eproves that in great literature, as in life, we must always expect the unexpected.\"--\u003ci\u003eBookpage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith enormous heart and dazzling agility, debut novelist Amy Franklin-Willis expertly mines the fault lines in one Southern working-class family. Driven by the soulful and intrepid voices of forty-two-year-old Ezekiel Cooper and his mother, Lillian, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Saints of Tennessee\u003c\/i\u003e journeys from the 1940s to the 1980s as it follows Zeke's evolution from anointed son to honorable sibling to unhinged middle-aged man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter Zeke loses his twin brother in a mysterious drowning and his wife to divorce, only ghosts remain in his hometown of Clayton, Tennessee. Zeke makes the decision to leave town in a final attempt to escape his pain, puts his two treasured possessions--a childhood copy of \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e and Tucker, his dead brother's ancient dog--into his truck, and heads east. He leaves behind two young daughters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802120816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.44w x 0.92d","brand":"Amy Franklin-Willis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643381149852,"sku":"9780802120816","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_36fe619d-7a90-48c9-9788-641393b59a0e.jpg?v=1603856516","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lost-saints-of-tennessee-9780802120816","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}