{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-a-small-place-isbn-9780142003626","title":"A Short History of a Small Place","description":"Marvelously funny, bittersweet, and beautifully evocative, the original publication of \u003ci\u003eA Short History of a Small Place\u003c\/i\u003e announced the arrival of one of our great Southern voices. Although T. R. Pearson's Neely, North Carolina, doesn't appear on any map of the state, it has already earned a secure place on the literary landscape of the South. In this introduction to Neely, the young narrator, Louis Benfield, recounts the tragic last days of Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew, a local spinster and former town belle who, after years of total seclusion, returns flamboyantly to public view-with her pet monkey, Mr. Britches. Here is a teeming human comedy inhabited by some of the most eccentric and endearing characters ever encountered in literature.\"An absolute stunner . . . In a small place in North Carolina, Pearson has found the stuff of life.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Anyone from anywhere should feel a fond familiarity with the citizens of Neely.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)T. R. Pearson is the author of eight novels, including \u003cb\u003ePolar\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBlue Ridge\u003c\/b\u003e, a \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e Notable Book.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300302541029,"sku":"NP9780142003626","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780142003626.jpg?v=1767720781","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-short-history-of-a-small-place-isbn-9780142003626","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}