{"product_id":"pop-an-illustrated-novel-hardcover","title":"Pop: An Illustrated Novel - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Gipe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA coming-of-age story of hope, betrayal, and familial legacy set in rural Appalachia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the run-up and aftermath of the 2016 election, \u003ci\u003ePop\u003c\/i\u003e brings the Canard County trilogy to a close as Dawn, the young narrator of Gipe's first novel, \u003ci\u003eTrampoline\u003c\/i\u003e, is now the mother of the seventeen-year-old Nicolette. Whereas Dawn has become increasingly agoraphobic as the internet persuades her the world is descending into chaos, Nicolette narrates an Appalachia where young people start businesses rooted in local food culture and work to build community. But Nicolette's precocious rise in the regional culinary scene is interrupted when her policeman cousin violently assaults her, setting in motion a chain of events that threaten to destroy the family--and Canard County in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Gipe's first two novels, \u003ci\u003ePop\u003c\/i\u003e's Appalachia is full of clear-eyed, caring, creative, and complicated people struggling to hang on to what is best about their world and reject what is not. Their adventures reflect an Appalachia that is overrun by outside commentators looking for stories to tell about the region--sometimes positive, sometimes negative, but almost always oversimplified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Gipe\u003c\/b\u003e lives and works in Harlan County, Kentucky. \u003ci\u003ePop\u003c\/i\u003e is his third Ohio University Press novel. His first, \u003ci\u003eTrampoline\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2016 Weatherford Award for Appalachian novel of the year. His second novel, \u003ci\u003eWeedeater\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Weatherford finalist. For the past thirty years he has worked in arts-based organizing and is the founding coproducer of the Higher Ground community performance series. He has contributed to numerous journals and anthologies, is a playwright, and is currently a script consultant on a forthcoming television show based on Beth Macy's \u003ci\u003eDopesick\u003c\/i\u003e. Author photo by Amelia Kirby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 346\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768174477600,"sku":"9780821424391","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f3e307bd9e54c19ec30c22f43471f2b9.webp?v=1780326428","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pop-an-illustrated-novel-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}