{"product_id":"black-mountain-breakdown-isbn-9780425243381","title":"Black Mountain Breakdown","description":"\u003cb\u003e The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last  Girls\u003c\/i\u003e presents one of her most compelling novels, acclaimed by Anne  Tyler, Annie Dillard, and more... \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverywhere about her, from the traffic on Highway 460 to the river  that's gone black with coal dust, Crystal Spangler sees a current  flowing from the mountain town of Black Rock into the wider world. As a  teenager, she is elected beauty queen, gets good grades, and-despite  her many enviable qualities-manages also to be well-loved. Everyone  knows that she is destined to leave town and do great things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd she does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut no one expects her return; drawn back home by some sort of  memory, as if the current that had taken her away had changed its mind...\u003c\/p\u003e\"The closest thing to reading this would be reading \u003ci\u003eMadame  Bovary\u003c\/i\u003e while listening to Loretta Lynn.\" — \u003cb\u003eRoy Blount, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlack Mountain Breakdown\u003c\/i\u003e is like a country song. It is true and  real; it is loving and sad.\" — \u003cb\u003eAnnie Dillard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLee Smith\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Grundy, VA. She is author of many novels, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Last Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently \u003ci\u003eGuests On Earth\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a recipient of the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the North Carolina Award for Literature, and a Southern Book Critics Circle Award.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302921621733,"sku":"NP9780425243381","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425243381.jpg?v=1767722707","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/black-mountain-breakdown-isbn-9780425243381","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}