{"product_id":"wingshooters-9781936070718","title":"Wingshooters","description":"\u003cp\u003e--A \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year 2011\u003cbr\u003e --Winner of the 2011 Midwest Booksellers Choice Award\u003cbr\u003e --Winner of the first annual Indie Booksellers Choice Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Revoyr does a remarkable job of conveying [protagonist] Michelle's lost innocence and fear through this accomplished story of family and the dangers of complacency in the face of questionable justice.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly, S\u003c\/em\u003etarred Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A searing, anguished novel . . . The narration and pace are expertly calibrated as it explores a topic one wishes still wasn't so current.\" --\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichelle LeBeau, the child of a white American father and a Japanese mother, lives with her grandparents in Deerhorn, Wisconsin--a small town that had been entirely white before her arrival. Rejected and bullied, Michelle spends her time reading, avoiding fights, and roaming the countryside with her English springer spaniel, Brett. She idolizes her grandfather, Charlie LeBeau, an expert hunter and former minor league baseball player who is one of the town's most respected men. Charlie strongly disapproves of his son's marriage to Michelle's mother, but dotes on his only grandchild, whom he calls Mikey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This fragile peace is threatened when the expansion of the local clinic leads to the arrival of the Garretts, a young black couple from Chicago. The Garretts' presence deeply upsets most of the residents of Deerhorn when Mr. Garrett makes a controversial accusation against one of the town leaders, who is also Charlie LeBeau's best friend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the tradition of \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA River Runs Through It\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSnow Falling on Cedars\u003c\/em\u003e, Revoyr's new novel examines the effects of change on a small, isolated town, the strengths and limits of community, and the sometimes conflicting loyalties of family and justice. Set in the expansive countryside of Central Wisconsin, against the backdrop of Vietnam and the post-civil rights era, \u003cem\u003eWingshooters\u003c\/em\u003e explores both connection and loss as well as the complex but enduring bonds of family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936070718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.61w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Indies Choice Book Awards - Honor Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2011 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nina Revoyr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44589909147829,"sku":"9781936070718","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_36f6a462-c4d8-4bf7-9304-8eeeb178a21c.jpg?v=1724734044","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/wingshooters-9781936070718","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}