{"product_id":"bomb-island-hardcover","title":"Bomb Island - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Hundley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart coming-of-age summer romance, part thriller, \u003cem\u003eBomb Island\u003c\/em\u003e is a funny and fast-paced Southern novel exploring subculture communities, survival, and found family set on an island near an unexploded atomic bomb.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummer is in full swing on Bomb Island, Georgia. Fifteen-year-old Fish lives in a commune on the three-mile stretch of sand with his chosen family: their \"mother-sage\" Whistle and her white tiger, Sugar, a young man named Reef, and an old man named Nutzo, who is still missing. Fish and Whistle spend the days leading tours in their glass bottom boat out to the barrier island's namesake, an unexploded atomic bomb. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the summer when Fish meets Celia, the tattooed daughter of a troublesome local charter fisherman bent on exposing Whistle's commune--and their illegal tiger. When a party at her dad's place goes sour, Fish brings Celia back to Bomb Island in the hope that she'll stay there with him. But they still can't find Nutzo, the tiger's behavior has become increasingly erratic, and everyone's summer is about to take a strange, dark turn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated by an ensemble cast of uniquely independent outsiders who have chosen counter-culture lives informed by their desires and past traumas, \u003cem\u003eBomb Island\u003c\/em\u003e takes a rollicking journey through the weirds and wilds of Coastal Georgia. Stephen Hundley has crafted a spirited, zany novel with a big heart that examines the strength it takes to live freely and without shame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Hundley\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Aliens Will Come to Georgia First\u003c\/em\u003e (University of North Georgia Press, 2023) and\u003cem\u003e Bomb Island\u003c\/em\u003e (Hub City Press, 2024). He is a fiction editor at Driftwood Press, a book review editor at the \u003cem\u003eSoutheast Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and his stories and poems have appeared in \u003cem\u003ePrairie Schooner, Cream City Review, The Greensboro Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. He holds an MA from Clemson, an MFA from the University of Mississippi, and is currently completing a PhD in English at Florida State University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.6 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748911415584,"sku":"9798885740258","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/38153596e789c88706a5be0efcf7f409.webp?v=1779919820","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bomb-island-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}