{"product_id":"avalon-rise-madeline-ffitch-9780374617769","title":"Avalon, Rise","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eStay and Fight\u003c\/i\u003e comes an uproarious, unabashed novel of an Appalachian town, the diverse locals who make it home, an influx of white nationalists trying to take over, and the ways in which the battle brings out our light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDitched on the side of the road, two friends shelter for the night in a barn. When they wake, one comes face-to-face with his destiny--an antique letterpress, the Vandercook No. 4. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWoody and Leroi have been friends their whole lives. But as Leroi falls in with the collective that cooks every Sunday in the park, learning about traveler symbols and how to slice a cucumber, Woody starts to snort the pills he's been selling. He makes his art: beautiful letterpress signs for protests, and business cards commissioned by a woman he knows as Stasia but whom others know to be the leader of a white nationalist movement. Stasia bought the barn with the Vandercook in it; she says Woody can use it anytime. What does she want in return? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWoody and Leroi are just two residents of this Appalachian town. Their lives intersect, often at the library, with a cast of delightfully eccentric individuals. Eloise, the town librarian and lifelong activist. The punks at Food Not Bombs. Sharon, a wry social worker. Emma, a mom trying really hard not to take out her anger on her kids. Amber, the health goddess who runs the Discipline Cafe. Sylvester, an unhoused man with a long history in town. Matt Mistelthwaite, a World War II veteran with his own connections to the Vandercook. When Stasia insists on hosting a European Heritage Rug Braiding workshop at the library, everyone's lives will be upended. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAvalon, Rise\u003c\/i\u003e, an ensemble novel genuinely rooted in the collective, Madeline ffitch asks big questions and doesn't look away from the answers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Madeline Ffitch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374617767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374617769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Madeline Ffitch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48240982065407,"sku":"9780374617769","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a02c2f5-4250-47e2-a421-617ec5602bac.jpg?v=1772652215","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/avalon-rise-madeline-ffitch-9780374617769","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}