{"product_id":"west-of-loveland-grouse-county-4-by-tom-drury","title":"West of Loveland (Grouse County #4) by Tom Drury","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"doPublisherSearch\" href=\"https:\/\/ipage.ingramcontent.com\/ipage\/productdetail?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAA_6tWKk5RskpLzClO1VEqzs9XsiopKgUyC0qUrJSc8vOzlYDs4iolKyNTICMHKOjp5-6rBFILZLv4-rmA2AVKVtHRhjpKQLZ3amV5flFKfEhmSU4qkB-eWlyikJ-m4JNflpqTmJeiFBtbCwBx3R0fdQAAAA\u0026amp;R=89543808\u0026amp;dNo=0#\"\u003eGrove Press\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A memorable novel that will make the world a less lonely and more mysterious place.\"--Yiyun Li, Pulitzer Prize winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThings in Nature Merely Grow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning author of the classic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe End of Vandalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereturns to the Midwestern county he's chronicled over four decades for a panoramic tale of fate, found families, and the revolutionary possibilities of love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA lonely highway, a traveler, and a revolver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e. . . Teenage Rocky and his aunt Helen's roadside discovery on a winter afternoon sets off a mysterious yet inevitable chain of events that will assemble citizens of Grouse County in a quest for knowledge, romance, and an occasional shared supper with a decent bottle of wine. Characters from Drury's previous novels--the stoic sheriff, the red-headed photographer, the retired thief--are joined by a vibrant new cast including a trio of teens in a secret club named after a nineteenth-century suffragette, a reverend doctor who counsels her flock to perform good works and dance on houseboats, and an amateur film scholar who inspires a meet-cute in a plasma donation center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarked by uncanny dialogue, subversive humor, and indelible descriptions of natural and human beauty,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWest of Loveland\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a warm and polyphonic portrait of a singular community navigating a version of contemporary life with grace and an enduring belief that something good might happen. Drury's masterwork and the capstone of what is now the Grouse County quartet,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWest of Loveland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers a revolutionary view of the rural Midwest and a quiet homage to American democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54181078696229,"sku":"9780802168399","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9780802168399.gif?v=1792691514","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/west-of-loveland-grouse-county-4-by-tom-drury","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}