{"product_id":"9780547543925","title":"The Ponder Heart","description":"\u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wonderful tragicomedy” of a Mississippi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e family, a vast inheritance, and an impulsive heir, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eDelta Wedding \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Daniel Ponder is the amiable heir to the wealthiest family in Clay County, Mississippi. To friends and strangers, he’s also the most generous, having given away heirlooms, a watch, and so far, at least one family business. His niece, Edna Earle, has a solution to save the Ponder fortune from Daniel’s mortifying philanthropy: As much as she loves Daniel, she’s decided to have him institutionalized.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Foolproof as the plan may seem, it comes with a kink—one that sets in motion a runaway scheme of mistaken identity, a hapless local widow, a reckless wedding, a dim-witted teenage bride, and a twist of dumb luck that lands this once-respectable Southern family in court to brave an embarrassing trial for murder. It’s become the talk of Clay County. And the loose-tongued Edna Earle will tell you all about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The most revered figure in contemporary American letters,” said the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eof Eudora Welty, which also hailed \u003ci\u003eThe Ponder Heart\u003c\/i\u003e—a winner of the William Dean Howells Medal which was adapted into both a Broadway play and a PBS \u003ci\u003eMasterpiece\u003c\/i\u003e series—as “Miss Welty at her comic, compassionate best.” \u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123011371248,"sku":"9780547543925","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547543925_p0.jpg?v=1763716477","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547543925","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}