{"product_id":"in-zanesville-1","title":"In Zanesville","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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 ","brand":"Little, Brown Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41514607313074,"sku":"9780316125277","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/O_828c6050-58a0-4e7c-a025-b1d06d0fd8ef.jpg?v=1773817394","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/in-zanesville-1","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}