{"product_id":"9781612195117","title":"Golden Delicious","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139233530096,"sku":"9781612195117","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612195117_p0.jpg?v=1763848102","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612195117","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}