{"product_id":"country-people-larry-w-schnell-9781534828056","title":"Country People: Stories from Rural New York","description":"Country People In a small town in rural New York, in the wooded hills between Cooperstown and the Mohawk Valley, those who socialize can have no preferences. The poor mingle with the rich and educated. Laborers rub elbows with teachers. Drunks socialize with respectable residents, and sinners share their lives with churchgoers. These seven stories embody big themes in a small-town setting where a host of country characters carry out acts of love, devotion, jealousy, ambition, deceit and murder as their lives become intertwined. \"Laura,\" the lead story, sets the tone for rural themes and country characters. F. Norton Hamilton, a Yale Ph.D., marries Laura, a beautiful young woman in a small town where he researches folk stories. He belittles the town people for their religion and their ignorance, and shows only slightly higher regard for his wife. As his marriage unravels, he becomes a character in a folk tale he studies. He commits a crime of passion that is concealed by the imagination and superstition of local people.Four Quarters Editor John J. Keenan wrote of \"Laura,\" \"The voice of the narrator is beautifully established and adds a great deal to the complexity and the subtlety of the story.\"The characters are unforgettable. Their actions range from noble to unpardonable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Larry W. Schnell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1534828052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781534828056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.27d","brand":"Larry W. Schnell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45933959381247,"sku":"9781534828056","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa403ee1-a291-4c13-8405-0c906bcc0275.jpg?v=1721790005","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/country-people-larry-w-schnell-9781534828056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}