{"product_id":"small-blessings-paperback","title":"Small Blessings - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartha Woodroof\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA REMARKABLE NEW WOMAN AT THE COLLEGE BOOKSHOP HELPS A PROFESSOR--AND THE SON HE NEVER KNEW HE HAD--REALIZE LIFE'S SMALL BLESSINGS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTom Putnam has resigned himself to a quiet and half-fulfilled life. An English professor in a sleepy college town, he spends his days browsing the Shakespeare shelves at the campus bookstore, managing his department's oddball faculty, and caring for his wife Marjory, a fragile shut-in with unrelenting neuroses, a condition exacerbated by her discovery of Tom's brief affair with a visiting poetess a decade earlier.\u003cbr\u003e Then, one evening at the bookstore, Tom and Marjory meet Rose Callahan, the shop's charming new hire, and Marjory invites Rose to their home for dinner. Her first social interaction since her breakdown, Tom wonders if it's a sign that change is on the horizon--a feeling confirmed when he receives a letter from his former paramour, informing him he'd fathered a son who is heading Tom's way on a train. His mind races at the possibility of having a family after so many years of loneliness. And it becomes clear change is coming whether Tom's ready or not.\u003cbr\u003e A heartwarming story with a charmingly imperfect cast of characters to cheer for, \u003ci\u003eSmall Blessings\u003c\/i\u003e's wonderfully optimistic heart reminds us that sometimes, when it feels like life has veered irrevocably off track, the track shifts in ways we never can have imagined.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARTHA WOODROOF was born in the South, went to boarding school and college in New England, ran away to Texas for a while, then fetched up in Virginia. She has written for NPR, npr.org, \u003ci\u003eMarketplace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWeekend America\u003c\/i\u003e, and for the Virginia Foundation for Humanities Radio Feature Bureau. Her print essays have appeared in such newspapers as the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, The Washington Post, and the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSmall Blessings\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel. She lives with her husband in the Shenandoah Valley. Their closest neighbors are cows.\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 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761024827680,"sku":"9781250040534","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6f3bc8a5477b4d1f2a42623dd3e591d2.webp?v=1780197502","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/small-blessings-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}