{"product_id":"the-school-on-hearts-content-road-paperback","title":"The School on Heart's Content Road - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Chute\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book: A group forms its own surrogate family on the margins of society in this novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Beans of Egypt, Maine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMickey Gammon, fifteen, has dropped out of school and been kicked out of his home. But he has found a new place in the Settlement--a rural cooperative that deals in alternative energy, farm produce, and locally made goods. Run by \"The Prophet,\" the Settlement is demonized by the media as a compound of sin, but its true nature remains foreign to outsiders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is here where Mickey meets another deserted child, six-year-old Jane, whose mother is in jail on trumped-up drug charges. Playing \"secret agent,\" Jane cunningly prowls the Settlement in her heart-shaped sunglasses, imagining that her plans to bring down the community will reunite her with her mother. As they struggle to adjust to their new, complex surrogate family, Mickey and Jane are about to witness mounting unrest within the Settlement's ranks--which soon builds to a shocking and devastating crescendo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe School on Heart's Content Road\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a profoundly human novel . . . Absolutely one of a kind\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e), from an author who, \"like Flannery O'Connor . . . has a gift for expressing the true spirit of a culture\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Chute can't help but create characters who live and breathe.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53457751343411,"sku":"9780802144157","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/HeCTlwxJ2_9780802144157.webp?v=1781271766","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/the-school-on-hearts-content-road-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}