{"product_id":"this-side-of-brightnessisbn-9780312421977","title":"This Side of Brightness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eSongdogs\u003c\/i\u003e, a magnificent work of imagination and history set in the tunnels of New York City.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early years of the century, Nathan Walker leaves his native Georgia for New York City and the most dangerous job in America. A sandhog, he burrows beneath the East River, digging the tunnel that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Above ground, the sandhogs--black, white, Irish, Italian--keep their distance from each other until a spectacular accident welds a bond between Walker and his fellow diggers--a bond that will bless and curse the next three generations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYears later, Treefrog, a homeless man driven below by a shameful secret, endures a punishing winter in his subway nest. In tones ranging from bleak to disturbingly funny, Treefrog recounts his strategies of survival--killing rats, scavenging for discarded soda cans, washing in  the snow. Between Nathan Walker and Treefrog stretch seventy years of ill-fated loves and unintended crimes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a triumph of plotting, the two stories fuse to form a tale of family, race, and redemption that is as bold and fabulous as New York City itself. In \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Brightness\u003c\/i\u003e, Colum McCann confirms his place in the front ranks of modern writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Content Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46382811971813,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/this-side-of-brightnessisbn-9780312421977","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}