{"product_id":"rosewood-casket-paperback","title":"Rosewood Casket - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSharyn McCrumb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEloquent, lyrical, and richly textured . . . There is no one quite like [McCrumb] among present-day writers. No one better either. --\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a career spanning decades, and superlatives from reviewers nationwide--whose bestselling novels have been named Notable Books by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e--this is one of Sharyn McCrumb's most cherished novels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stage is set for family drama when Randall Stargill lies dying on his southern Appalachian farm, and his four sons come home to build him a coffin made from the special cache of rosewood he has saved for this purpose. Meanwhile, mountain wisewoman, Nora Bonesteel, prepares another box--to be buried with him. Among them, a real estate developer is hovering over the family's farm bringing secrets and tensions to the surface. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a style both lyrical and beautifully detailed, with a narrative that flows from Native American lore and the burnished tales of Daniel Boone--up to the sharpest, and keenly realized landscapes of Appalachia today, \u003ci\u003eThe Rosewood Casket\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel as hauntingly beautiful as the mountains that gave it charge--and a stunning addition to our collection of McCrumb Ballad novels.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHARYN MCCRUMB is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rosewood Casket, The New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of Tom Dooley\u003c\/i\u003e and many other acclaimed novels. Her books have been named Notable Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives and writes in the Virginia Blue Ridge, less than a hundred miles from where her family settled in 1790 in the Smoky Mountains that divide North Carolina and Tennessee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762400592160,"sku":"9780312388867","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c19f4711d6432c828f86bb3d87253385.webp?v=1780220976","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rosewood-casket-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}