{"product_id":"crossing-bully-creek-faith-sullivan-9781571310521","title":"Gardenias","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's 1942, just a month after the United States entered World War II. Lark, her mother Arlene, and Aunt Betty are in a station changing trains, leaving their lives in Harvester, Minnesota behind, and waiting for the train going to Los Angeles. Young men--soldiers--swarm the platform, heading off to war. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst this dramatic backdrop, \u003cem\u003eGardenias\u003c\/em\u003e revisits Faith Sullivan's most beloved characters from \u003cem\u003eThe Cape Ann, \u003c\/em\u003e taking them from their hometown to new lives, new dreams, and new risks. Arlene has left her husband behind after he gambled away the money she'd saved to finally build the Cape Ann house of her and Lark's Depression-era dreams. As a new life takes shape in San Diego in a wartime housing project full of neighbors they know little about, Lark wonders, as does the reader, if a dream means losing everything of value or finally finding it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Faith Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571310525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571310521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.62w x 1.09d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award - Honor Book","brand":"Faith Sullivan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989319221503,"sku":"9781571310521","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e48a486-4735-4a0f-ac57-b98129a5b76c.jpg?v=1683298834","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crossing-bully-creek-faith-sullivan-9781571310521","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}