{"product_id":"groundskeeping-an-extraordinary-debut-ann-patchett","title":"Groundskeeping: 'An extraordinary debut' ANN PATCHETT","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cole, Lee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e Main\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Import\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 05-01-2023\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e 'Beautifully textured ... Anne Tyler by way of Sally Rooney.' New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\n'A coming-of-age story inextricably bound with a love story.' MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD\u003cbr\u003e\n'Smart, funny, exhilarating.' LILY KING\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nEager to clean up his act after his troubled early twenties, Owen has returned to Kentucky to take a job as a groundskeeper at a small college in the Appalachian foothills, one which allows him to enrol on their writing course.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt's there that he meets Alma, a Writer-in-Residence, who seems to have everything Owen doesn't - a prestigious position, an Ivy League education, and published success as a writer. They begin a secret relationship, and as they grow closer, Alma, from a supportive, liberal family of Bosnian immigrants, struggles to understand Owen's fraught relationship with his own family and home.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nExploring the boundaries between life and art, and how our upbringings affect the people we can become, Groundskeeping is at heart a love story - a novel about two very different people navigating the turbulence of an all-consuming relationship, and the complications which can ruin it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571371082\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.5 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50253114343728,"sku":"Trans_9780571371082","price":750.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/81ELZiFnxHL.jpg?v=1761643846","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/groundskeeping-an-extraordinary-debut-ann-patchett","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}