{"product_id":"sweet-vidalia-hardcover","title":"Sweet Vidalia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Sandlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis life-affirming novel follows a fifty-seven-year-old woman forced to rebuild her life, unexpectedly and alone, in 1960s Texas--telling a \"wonderfully wise and compassionate story of the extraordinary courage it takes to live a seemingly ordinary life\" (Shelley Read, author of \u003ci\u003eGo As a River\u003c\/i\u003e) and proving \"it's never too late to come of age\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's 1964 and Eliza Kratke is mostly content. Married thirty years, she is long settled in Bayard, Texas with two grown children, a nice house, a little dog, and a routine. But her husband has a secret, and Eliza has not been brave enough to demand to know what it is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So when her husband dies suddenly, the ground doesn't just shift under Eliza's feet--it falls away entirely, revealing that she has known nothing true about her life. How should she come to terms with all that has been a lie? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What emerges from this wreckage is a profoundly compelling portrait of a wonderfully nuanced woman, worn down like a gemstone to a core of durability and self-reliance as she fights for her own path forward. By taking business classes and moving into a hotel filled with aspiring young people, The Sweet Vidalia, Eliza gathers new friends and new possibilities. But with each of these, she finds that it isn't so simple to leave the past behind. \u003ci\u003eSweet Vidalia\u003c\/i\u003e not only explores what it means to be honest with ourselves and with one another, but asks: what will we do with the truth when we find it?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Sandlin\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from Rice University in Houston, and earned a M.F.A. in Writing at Vermont College. She taught at SMU, Wayne State College, University of Texas, Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Turkey, and she finished her career as professor emerita at University of Nebraska Omaha. Sandlin has written four story collections and four novels, and her work has received an NEA Fellowship, a Dobie Paisano Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize, the Violet Crown Award, and the Jesse Jones Award. Sandlin's noir mystery \u003ci\u003eThe Do-Right\u003c\/i\u003e won both the Shamus Award and the Hammett Prize. Marilyn Stasio of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e chose its sequel, the Edgar-nominated \u003ci\u003eThe Bird Boys, \u003c\/i\u003e as one of the 10 best crime books of 2019. Lisa lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ​ \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 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755551588640,"sku":"9780316578004","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/00618d495ad8e55c1d0a84b08e4a5ef1.webp?v=1780061988","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sweet-vidalia-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}