{"product_id":"float-up-sing-down-laird-hunt-9781639738274","title":"Float Up, Sing Down: A Story Cycle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Revelatory, unearthing an ecology of elusive connection and meaning.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An elegy for a lost generation.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaird Hunt's masterful story collection capturing one summer's day in an Indiana farming community, 1982.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Candy Wilson has forgotten to buy the paprika. Turner Davis needs to get his zinnias in. Della Dorner told her mother she was going to the Galaxy Swirl, but that's not where she's really headed on her new Schwinn five-speed.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Float Up, Sing Down \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of a single day. But in that day, how much teeming life! Retired sheriffs climb corn bins and muse on lost love, French teachers throw firecrackers out of barn windows, and teenagers borrow motorcycles to ride the back roads. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring a new character and story exclusive to the paperback edition, \u003ci\u003eFloat Up, Sing Down\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds in one of Hunt's most beloved and enduring landscapes. This is a symphony of souls, a masterful community portrait by one of our great limners of American experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laird Hunt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639738274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639738274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.51w x 1.00d","brand":"Laird Hunt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087664070911,"sku":"9781639738274","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bdf24b38-4fae-448d-b260-2afb3d7c80bc.jpg?v=1753850460","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/float-up-sing-down-laird-hunt-9781639738274","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}