{"product_id":"spearwood-or-paperback","title":"Spearwood, OR - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Carr Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA poet's public reading shines a spotlight on her isolation. Robbers look to their former teacher for a chance at redemption. A painter of railroads stubbornly documents decline and abandonment. A Halloween festival is rooted in matters of life and death. Set in a fictional Pacific Northwest town, told through the gossip and grievances of its residents, \u003cem\u003eSpearwood, OR\u003c\/em\u003e examines the impacts of place, inherited narratives, and generational traumas on a community in seventy-two very short stories. John Carr Walker's vision of the new American west is funny and furious, desperate and demure, familiar on the surface, yet deeply strange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 156\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50982355271819,"sku":"9781955593151","price":27.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/ALhwJarZZ39781955593151.webp?v=1793292848","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/spearwood-or-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}