{"product_id":"the-past-is-never-9781510747814","title":"The Past Is Never","description":"\u003cb\u003e**WINNER of the 2019 Mississippi Institute of Arts \u0026amp; Letters Award for Fiction​** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e **Finalist for the 2019 Colorado Book Awards for Literary Fiction** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An ode to William Faulkner. . . . As Southern as it gets.\"--\u003ci\u003eDeep South Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling addition to contemporary Southern Gothic fiction, deftly weaving together local legends, family secrets, and the search for a missing child.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSiblings Bert, Willet, and Pansy know better than to go swimming at the old rock quarry. According to their father, it's the Devil's place, a place that's been cursed and forgotten. But Mississippi Delta summer days are scorching hot and they can't resist cooling off in the dark, bottomless water. Until the day six-year-old Pansy vanishes. Not drowned, not lost . . . simply gone. When their father disappears as well, Bert and Willet leave their childhoods behind to try and hold their broken family together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears pass with no sign, no hope of ever finding Pansy alive, and as surely as their mother died of a broken heart, Bert and Willet can't move on. So when clues surface drawing them to the remote tip of Florida, they drop everything and drive south. Deep in the murky depths of the Florida Everglades they may find the answer to Pansy's mysterious disappearance . . . but truth, like the past, is sometimes better left where it lies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Perfect for fans of Flannery O'Connor and Dorothy Allison, \u003ci\u003eThe Past Is Never\u003c\/i\u003e is an atmospheric, haunting story of myths, legends, and the good and evil we carry in our hearts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781510747814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Tiffany Quay Tyson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36655656632476,"sku":"9781510747814","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f1a7fdcc-2830-4739-8479-93f0426e33a0.jpg?v=1603886238","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-past-is-never-9781510747814","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}