{"product_id":"the-gravity-of-birds-paperback","title":"The Gravity of Birds - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTracy Guzeman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA debut novel already destined to be a book club favorite. \"With its deft interweaving of psychological complexity and riveting narrative momentum, with its gorgeous prose and poetic justice, \u003ci\u003eThe Gravity of Birds\u003c\/i\u003e is about sibling rivalry, tragedies, and resurrections. And it's irresistibly exquisite\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForty-four years after the brilliant young painter, Thomas Bayber, first meets Alice and Natalie Kessler, Bayber unveils a never-before-seen work, \u003ci\u003eKessler Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e--a provocative painting depicting the young Thomas, Alice, and Natalie. Bayber asks Dennis Finch, an art history professor, and Stephen Jameson, an eccentric young art authenticator, to sell the painting. But their task becomes more complicated when the artist requires that they first locate Alice and Natalie, who seem to have disappeared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in alternating chapters that weave revelations about the sisters' past with clues Finch and Jameson discover in the present, this story sets three characters on a collision course with their histories, showing how families tear themselves apart and then try to bind themselves together again, not always creating the same fabric. \u003ci\u003eThe Gravity of Birds\u003c\/i\u003e \"combines the drama of warring sisters, the mystery of a missing painting, and the sorrow of lost love into a haunting elegy that will...leave you breathless\" (Tiffany Baker, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Little Giant of Aberdeen County\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracy Guzeman\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003elives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVestal Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Gravity of Birds\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel\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 0.79 x 8.51 x 5.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772282241312,"sku":"9781451689778","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dac570ae9cd2a05cce7883547409b46e.webp?v=1780402317","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-gravity-of-birds-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}