{"product_id":"salt-water-paperback","title":"Salt Water - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Simmons\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the summer of 1963 I fell in love and my father drowned\u003c\/i\u003e....So begins this luminous story of a young man's passage through the dark turns of adult passion. A contemporary retelling of Turgenev's classic tale \"First Love,\" \u003ci\u003eSalt Water\u003c\/i\u003e is set against a summer landscape of water, sand, and sky, and relates in seductive detail the momentous events that changed a family forever. \u003cbr\u003e On an isolated island off the Atlantic coast, fifteen-year-old Michael and his parents begin their customary lazy vacation. When two exquisite flirts shatter the calm, Michael experiences the provocative mysteries and the consequences of various kinds of love -- romantic and sensual, paternal and filial. \u003cbr\u003e William Faulkner Award-winning author Charles Simmons explores the very heart of the human need to be wanted, the intricacies of the father-son bond, and a boy's adolescence in all of its desires, confusion, and heartbreak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1963 I fell in love and my father drowned....So begins this luminous story of a young man's passage through the dark turns of adult passion. A contemporary retelling of Turgenev's classic tale \"First Love\", SALT WATER is set against a summer landscape of water, sand, and sky, and relates in seductive detail the momentous events that changed a family forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn an isolated island off the Atlantic coast, fifteen-year-old Michael and his parents begin their customary lazy vacation. When two exquisite flirts shatter the calm, Michael experiences the provocative mysteries and the consequences of various kinds of love -- romantic and sensual, paternal and filial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Faulkner Award-winning author Charles Simmons explores the very heart of the human need to be wanted, the intricacies of the father-son bond, and a boy's adolescence in all of its desires, confusion, and heartbreak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Simmons\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four previous novels: the William Faulkner Award-winner \u003ci\u003ePowdered Eggs, An Old-Fashioned Darling, Wrinkles, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Belles Lettres Papers.\u003c\/i\u003e Formerly an editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e for more than two decades, he lives in New York City and on eastern Long Island\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.62 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761730617632,"sku":"9780671035679","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e85943228402d097c8680b1f7d26a2fa.webp?v=1780211549","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/salt-water-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}