{"product_id":"cloudmaker-malcolm-brooks-9780802127051","title":"Cloudmaker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of the national bestseller \u003cem\u003ePainted Horses\u003c\/em\u003e, a novel set during the Age of Aviation, in which a young tinkerer and an aspiring pilot building their own airplane unexpectedly come into possession of a rare Lindbergh flight watch owned by a bank robber whose fellow criminals want it back.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the nationally bestselling author of \u003cem\u003ePainted Horses\u003c\/em\u003e, Malcolm Brooks returns with a soaring, spirited novel set during the summer of Amelia Earhart's final flight--a tale of American ingenuity and optimism set against the backdrop of a deepening Great Depression.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe summer of 1937 will be a turning point for fourteen-year-old Houston \"Huck\" Finn. When he and a friend find a dead body in a local creek, a rare Lindbergh flight watch on its wrist, it seems like a sign. Huck is building his own airplane, a fact he has concealed from his mother. That summer also marks the arrival of his cousin Annelise, sent to live with the family under mysterious circumstances. As it turns out, she has had flying lessons--another sign. As Huck's airplane takes shape, so does his burgeoning understanding of the world, including the battle over worldliness vs. godliness that has split Annelise from her family, and, in a quieter way, divides Huck's family too. And meanwhile, there's the matter of the watch, which it turns out the dead man's cohort of bank robbers would very much like back.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Brooks' trademark \"lush, breathtaking prose\" (\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003ePainted Horses\u003c\/em\u003e) and with a winking nod to the Sam Clemens who inspired its hero's nickname, \u003cem\u003eCloudmaker\u003c\/em\u003e is a boisterous, heartfelt novel that brings to life the idealism, inventiveness, traditionalism, and deep contradictions of the American spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malcolm Brooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802127053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802127051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 5.90w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2020 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2021 pg. 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2021 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/19\/2021","brand":"Malcolm Brooks","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44049389289727,"sku":"9780802127051","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f3461b5d-82e7-474c-a8dd-8f758dfa1be1.jpg?v=1685001301","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cloudmaker-malcolm-brooks-9780802127051","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}