{"product_id":"landslide-paperback","title":"Landslide - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan C. Conley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis beautiful portrait of a family in a fishing village in Maine is \"a fresh look at marriage, motherhood, and the wondrous inner lives of teenagers. A truly beautiful and unforgettable love story of a family on the brink\" (Lily King, author of \u003ci\u003eWriters \u0026amp; Lovers)\u003c\/i\u003e. A must-read from the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eElsey Comes Home.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I loved \u003ci\u003eLandslide\u003c\/i\u003e. You are right there with them in a fishing village in Maine, feeling the wind, the sea, the danger. Smart, honest, and funny, this is a story you won't forget.\" --Judy Blume, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Unlikely Event\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a fishing accident leaves her husband hospitalized across the border in Canada, Jill is left to look after her teenage boys\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\"the wolves\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ealone. Nothing comes easy in their remote corner of Maine: money is tight; her son Sam is getting into more trouble by the day; her eldest, Charlie, is preoccupied with a new girlfriend; and Jill begins to suspect her marriage isn't as stable as she once believed. As one disaster gives way to the next, she begins to think that it's not enough to be a caring wife and mother anymore\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003enot enough to show up when needed, to nudge her boys in the right direction, to believe everything will be okay. But how to protect this life she loves, this household, this family? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith remarkable poise and startling beauty, \u003ci\u003eLandslide\u003c\/i\u003e ushers us into a modern household where, for a family at odds, Instagram posts, sex-positivity talks, and old fishing tales mingle to become a kind of love language. It is a beautiful portrait of a family, as compelling as it is moving, and raises the question of how to remain devoted when the eye of the storm closes in.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSUSAN CONLEY grew up in Maine. She is the author of four previous books including \u003ci\u003eElsey Come Home\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received multiple fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, as well as from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Maine Arts Commission, and the Massachusetts Arts Council. She has won the Maine Literary Award and the Maine Award for Publishing Excellence. She is a founder of the Telling Room, a youth creative writing center in Portland, Maine, where she lives and teaches on the faculty of the Stonecoast Writing Program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47392216514738,"sku":"9781984898005","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/93b08b909a0443c80ab181a9b39702cd.webp?v=1777958111","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/landslide-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}