{"product_id":"off-island-paperback","title":"Off Island - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLara Tupper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Pure color!\" wrote Paul Gauguin to his wife, Mette, from the South Seas. \"Everything must be sacrificed to it.\" In \u003cem\u003eOff Island\u003c\/em\u003e, novelist Lara Tupper imagines Gauguin-chasing new light, new color-ran away to a new island, a rugged outpost off the coast of Maine.\u003c\/p\u003eThere, Gauguin leaves behind some paintings and letters, and maybe a child. And a hundred years later, another Maine painter, Pete, finds himself torn between his muses-the sturdy, reliable Molly and the unhappy, peripatetic Karla, who promises to take him to other, newer islands.\u003cem\u003eOff Island \u003c\/em\u003ecaptures the lure of the unknown and the pull of the familiar, and questions what it means to be loyal to one's art, one's family and one's home.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759989588256,"sku":"9781948338820","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7a98957465a2ed7a73699ea48858a8b3.webp?v=1780168185","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/off-island-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}