{"product_id":"as-it-is-on-earth-peter-wheelwright-9781937677183","title":"As It Is On Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs It Is On Earth\u003c\/em\u003e received a 2013 PEN\/Hemingway Honorable Mention for Literary Excellence in Debut Fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour centuries after the Reformation Pilgrims sailed up the down-flowing watersheds of New England, Taylor Thatcher, irreverent scion of a fallen family of Maine Puritans, is still caught in the turbulence. In his errant attempts to escape from history, the young college professor is further unsettled by his growing attraction to Israeli student Miryam Bluehm as he is swept by Time through the \"family thing\"- from the tangled genetic and religious history of his New England parents to the redemptive birthday secret of Esther Fleur Noire Bishop, the Cajun-Passamaquoddy woman who raised him and his younger half-cousin\/half-brother, Bingham. The landscapes, rivers, and tidal estuaries of Old New England and the Mayan Yucatan are also casualties of history in Thatcher's story of Deep Time and re-discovery of family on Columbus Day at a high-stakes gambling casino, rising in resurrection over the starlit bones of a once-vanquished Pequot Indian tribe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Wheelwright\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1937677184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937677183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fomite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Hemingway Foundation\/PEN Award - Honorable Mention","brand":"Peter Wheelwright","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937633140991,"sku":"9781937677183","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d05ac979-ddb8-425b-bbc5-95aa4aa0c43d.jpg?v=1681431181","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/as-it-is-on-earth-peter-wheelwright-9781937677183","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}