{"product_id":"9781101583807","title":"Cascade: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1930s, an artist and reluctant new wife struggles to reconcile her heart’s ambitions with the promises she has made\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCascade, Massachusetts, 1935. Desdemona Hart Spaulding, a promising young artist, abandoned her dreams of working in New York City to rescue her father. Two months later he is dead and Dez is stuck in a marriage to reliable but child-hungry Asa Spaulding. Dez also stands to lose her father’s legacy, the Cascade Shakespeare Theater, as the Massachusetts Water Authority decides whether to flood Cascade to create a reservoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmid this turmoil arrives Jacob Solomon, a fellow artist for whom Dez feels an immediate and strong attraction. As their relationship reaches a pivotal moment, a man is found dead and the town accuses Jacob, a Jewish outsider. But the tide turns when Dez’s idea for a series of painted postcards is picked up by \u003ci\u003eThe American Sunday Standard\u003c\/i\u003e and she abruptly finds herself back on the path to independence. New York City and a life with Jacob both beckon, but what will she have to give up along the way?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111989952752,"sku":"9781101583807","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101583807_p0.jpg?v=1763688637","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101583807","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}