{"product_id":"9781910400388","title":"Year of the Drought","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It was the month of June, in the year 1976. I was thirteen. It was the start of the summer holidays. It was the year of the drought.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Sutters have been farming on the Swiss plateau for generations, but now the household teeters on the brink of ruin. The crops are audibly roasting; the ventilators in the new hen-house are breaking down; even the family sheepdog, Sheriff, has taken to fainting in the unheard-of temperatures.\u003cbr\u003eWhen a mysterious guest arrives at the farm, she quickly becomes a focus for dreams that have long been suppressed -- of freedom, art and sex. With only his injured dove and his comic books for company, thirteen-year-old Auguste observes helplessly as his family and his carefree childhood dissolve in the heat. \u003cbr\u003eA tender, funny, elegiac novel about a lost rural way of life, \u003ci\u003eYear of the Drought\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfect companion to Robert Seethaler's \u003ci\u003eA Whole Life\u003c\/i\u003e. Taking place over one apocalyptic summer, it evokes several worlds -- of childhood, of traditional farming, of patriarchy -- at the very moment of their destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Street Publishing, Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137383416048,"sku":"9781910400388","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781910400388_p0.jpg?v=1763627028","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781910400388","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}