{"product_id":"the-tumble-inn-paperback","title":"The Tumble Inn - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Loizeaux\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTired of their high school teaching jobs and discouraged by their failed attempts at conceiving a child, Mark and Fran Finley decide they need a change in their lives. Abruptly, they leave their friends and family in suburban New Jersey to begin anew as innkeepers on a secluded lake in the Adirondack Mountains. There they muddle through their first season at the inn, serving barely edible dinners to guests, stranding themselves in chest-deep snowdrifts, and somehow, miraculously, amid swarms of ravenous black flies, conceiving a child, a girl they name Nat. Years later, when Mark and Fran are nearing middle age and Nat is a troubled teenager, Mark's life is ripped apart, forever changed, and he must choose between returning to his old home in New Jersey or trying to rebuild what is left of his life and family in the place of his greatest joy and deepest sorrow. \u003ci\u003eThe Tumble Inn \u003c\/i\u003eis a moving drama about home and about the fragility and resilience of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Loizeaux\u003c\/b\u003e is writer in residence in the Department of English at Boston University. In addition to several essays and stories, Loizeaux has published two novels for children and two memoirs. His memoir, \u003ci\u003eAnna: A Daughter's Life \u003c\/i\u003ewas a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book.\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 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 11, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757829914912,"sku":"9780815610427","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c0863f9fab6621dd76781aece4776bdb.webp?v=1780112776","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-tumble-inn-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}