{"product_id":"9780307432605","title":"Season of Open Water","description":"BONUS: This edition contains a \u003ci\u003eThe Season of Open Water\u003c\/i\u003e discussion guide and an excerpt from Dawn Tripp's \u003ci\u003eGame of Secrets.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eMoon Tide\u003c\/i\u003e comes a mesmerizing novel of love   and violence, family and betrayal. \u003cb\u003eThe Season of Open Water\u003c\/b\u003e is the passionate, searing   story of a young woman coming of age in a New England seacoast town that is swept   up in the dangerous trade of rum-running.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It is October 1927. Bridge Weld is nineteen,   headstrong and beautiful, working in her grandfather Noel's boatbuilding shop. When   Noel is approached by a local bootlegger to refit a boat for smuggling, he feels   in his gut that he should not accept the work, yet he takes the job for the money   it offers and for the chance it gives him to build a future for his beloved granddaughter,   Bridge, and her brother, Luce. What Noel doesn’t count on is that Luce will be lured   into the rum work himself and will try to pull Bridge into it with him. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But Bridge   has embarked on a different course. Caught up in a passion for Henry, a veteran of   World War I, Bridge is propelled beyond the confines of her known world, and ultimately   she must choose between the man who loves her and the brother to whom she has been   loyal all her life. As Bridge strikes out on her own, Luce's fierce attachment spirals   out of control.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Exquisitely written, haunting in its rendering of place, \u003cb\u003eThe Season   of Open Water\u003c\/b\u003e is a superb novel about a family and the lawlessness of the heart,   a love story that explores the often inescapable connections between violence and   desire.","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47186514903280,"sku":"9780307432605","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780307432605_p0.jpg?v=1763672674","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780307432605","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}