{"product_id":"9780385526135","title":"Gravesend Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty-eight-year-old anthropologist Joe Madden—a character readers first met as eleven-year-old Joey in this best-selling author's 1993 novel, \u003ci\u003eRuin Creek\u003c\/i\u003e—has returned to his family’s summer home on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to begin a new ethnographic study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe’s subject is Little Roanoke, an isolated coastal fishing village threatened by the encroachment of modern civilization. Here he meets two people who will alter the course of his future: Ray Bristow, a fisherman and ex-con who teaches Joe more than just the ropes of one of the world’s most dangerous professions, and Day Shaughnessey, a Yale-educated OB\/GYN and ardent feminist whose pro-choice views are at odds with the deeply religious people of Little Roanoke. As Joe and Day embark on a passionate love affair, his growing respect for the villagers’ traditions and their heritage of pride and sacrifice comes sharply into conflict with Day’s liberal beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCulminating in a savage winter storm at sea, \u003ci\u003eGravesend Light \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable story of family, love, heroism, and personal redemption.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Payne knows the hopes, fears, and habits of his characters. . . . He writes of a people and a place from deep in his heart.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Some of the strongest, most demanding writing to be found in American fiction today.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A wonderful book . . . David Payne is a novelist who speaks to readers’ lives.”—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025123950832,"sku":"9780385526135","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780385526135_p0.jpg?v=1763694784","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385526135","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}