{"product_id":"flower-children-paperback","title":"Flower Children - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaxine Swann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A work of stunning lyricism and intense originality' (Mary Gordon, author of \u003ci\u003ePearl\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e From an award-winning short story writer comes this spare, lively, moving novel, quickly embraced by critics and readers, portraying the strangely celebrated and unsupervised childhood of four hippie offspring in the 1970's and 80's. Based on the author's own upbringing, \u003ci\u003eFlower Children\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of four children growing up in rural Pennsylvania, impossibly at odds with their surroundings. In time, as the sheltered utopia their parents have created begins to collapse, the children long for structure and restraint-and all their parents have avoided.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaxine Swann has been awarded \u003ci\u003ePloughshares'\u003c\/i\u003e Cohen Award for best fiction of the year, an O. Henry Award, and a Pushcart Prize, and her work has been included in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e of 1998 and 2006. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eSerious Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2003. Swann, who has lived in Paris and Pakistan, now lives in Buenos Aires.\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 0.59 x 7.14 x 4.94 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749874991392,"sku":"9781594483110","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/700d6e90ce74f8174f2c8975c5ec950b.webp?v=1779939837","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/flower-children-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}