{"product_id":"9780345450692","title":"Clay's Quilt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A YOUNG WRITER OF IMMENSE GIFTS . . . One of the best books I have ever read about contemporary life in the mountains of southern Appalachia. . . . I could see and feel Free Creek, and the mountain above it.”\u003cbr\u003e–LEE SMITH\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter his mother is killed, four-year-old Clay Sizemore finds himself alone in a small Appalachian mining town. At first, unsure of Free Creek, he slowly learns to lean on its residents as family. There’s Aunt Easter, who is always filled with a sense of foreboding, bound to her faith above all; quiltmaking Uncle Paul; untamable Evangeline; and Alma, the fiddler whose song wends it way into Clay’s heart. Together, they help Clay fashion a quilt of a life from what treasured pieces surround him. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A long love poem to the hills of Kentucky. It flows with Appalachian music, religion, and that certain knowledge that your people will always hold you close. . . . Like the finely stitched quilts that Clay’s Uncle Paul labors over, the author sews a flawless seam of folks who love their home and each other.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e–Southern Living\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Unpretentious and clear-eyed . . . A tale whose joys are as legitimate as its sorrows.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eThe Roanoke Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024902439152,"sku":"9780345450692","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780345450692_p0.jpg?v=1763687215","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780345450692","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}