{"product_id":"9780393285833","title":"Stitch in Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"If there is reincarnation, I'm selfish enough to wish that next time around John Gould would come back as a writer again.\" —Mark Kramer in the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn these observations on the inhabitants of his Maine seacoast village, Mr. Gould addresses important matters. For example, there is the question of why there are \u003cem\u003etwo\u003c\/em\u003e churches in a town of 800 souls, some of whom were atheists. It seems that the split between the two congregations was a matter of both free will and logic. The devotional division was caused by the question of whether Balaam's ass spoke or whether Balaam just \u003cem\u003esaid\u003c\/em\u003e his ass spoke. There is more, wonderfully much more, in this joyful journey into the mind and memory of John Gould: how giving a child a calf to raise provides \"top-notch instruction in agronomy, economics, subsistence, and merchandising,\" as well as milk in the shoes; how lobstermen can communicate without uttering a word; or his comment on women's yearning for equality: \"If lovely woman stoops for the folly of equalizing herself with man, God's great mistake, she deserves what she gets.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Gould, as everyone knows, lives in Friendship, Maine. He is the author of twenty books, most recently his first novel, \u003cem\u003eNo Other Place\u003c\/em\u003e. A Maine writer, he is a national treasure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077814436080,"sku":"9780393285833","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393285833_p0.jpg?v=1763696922","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393285833","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}