{"product_id":"in-zanesville","title":"In Zanesville","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eIn Zanesville\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJo Ann Beard\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780316125277\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBack Bay Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2012\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Boys of My Youth \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFestival Days\u003c\/i\u003e, a \"mesmerizing... beautifully written\" debut novel that evokes the wrenching, exquisite moment just before we step into adulthood (Ann Patchett).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fourteen-year-old narrator of \u003ci\u003eIn Zanesville\u003c\/i\u003e is a late bloomer. She flies under the radar -- a sidekick, a marching-band dropout, a disastrous babysitter. Luckily, she has a best friend with whom she shares the everyday adventures of a 1970s American girlhood, incidents through which a world is revealed and character is forged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn time, the two girls' friendship is tested -- by their families' claims on them, by a clique of popular girls who stumble upon them, and by their first startling, subversive intimations of womanhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith dry wit and piercing observation, Jo Ann Beard shows us that in the seemingly quiet streets of America's innumerable Zanesvilles is a universe of wonders, and that within the souls of the awkward and the overlooked often burns something radiant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Probably my favorite novel of the year...A marvelous reading experience...I don't think I'll ever forget the unnamed, perfectly realized narrator of \u003ci\u003eIn Zanesville\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --Nancy Pearl, NPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"In Zanesville | Jo Ann Beard | Paperback | 9780316125277 | New | Fiction 1624761","offer_id":50698718281986,"sku":"1624761","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/918hU_u1kZL.jpg?v=1791573169","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/in-zanesville","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}