{"product_id":"9781612195100","title":"Golden Delicious","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"What a crazed, beautiful book ... Boucher makes the world come alive by making language come alive.\"\u003c\/i\u003e —\u003cb\u003e George Saunders \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the writer Emily St. John Mandel (\u003ci\u003eStation Eleven) \u003c\/i\u003ecalled \"Strange and dazzling\" comes a funny, \u003cb\u003eheartbreaking, \u003c\/b\u003eand wildly imaginative tale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Appleseed, Massachusetts, where stories grow in soil, sentences are kept as pets, and pianos change your point of view. \u003ci\u003eGolden Delicious\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the narrator's rich, vivid childhood - driving to the local flea market with his father, causing trouble at school, pedaling through the neighborhood on his Bicycle Built for Two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the local economy sours, the narrator's family is torn apart. His mother joins a flying militia known as The Mothers; his father takes an all-consuming job; his sister runs away for a better life elsewhere. Who will save Appleseed? Will it be the Memory of Johnny Appleseed? The Mothers? The narrator himself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGolden Delicious \u003c\/i\u003eis the eagerly awaited follow-up to Christopher Boucher's acclaimed debut, \u003ci\u003eHow to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive. \u003c\/i\u003eIt's a tour-de-force unlike any other, that takes you to the heart of family, love and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041954644208,"sku":"9781612195100","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612195100_p0.jpg?v=1763845214","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612195100","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}