{"product_id":"madison-house-peter-donahue-9780976631101","title":"Madison House","description":"\u003cb\u003eE.L. Doctorow meets Charles Dickens in Peter Donahue's debut novel, where an unforgettable cast of characters struggles for their city and their home amid Seattle's explosive transformation from frontier outpost to major metropolis\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Donahue\"s debut novel \u003ci\u003eMadison House\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles turn-of-the-century Seattle's explosive transformation from frontier outpost to major metropolis. Maddie Ingram, owner of Madison House, and her quirky and endearing boarders find their lives inextricably linked when the city decides to re-grade Denny Hill and the fate of Madison House hangs in the balance. Clyde Hunssler, Maddie's albino handyman and furtive love interest; James Colter, a muckraking black journalist who owns and publishes the Seattle Sentry newspaper; and Chiridah Simpson, an aspiring stage actress forced into prostitution and morphine addiction while working in the city's corrupt vaudeville theater, all call Madison House home. Had E.L. Doctorow and Charles Dickens met on the streets of Seattle, they couldn't have created a better book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Donahue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0976631105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780976631101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hawthorne Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 5.56w x 1.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Langum Prize for Historical Literature - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2005 pg. 22","brand":"Peter Donahue","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48871390413055,"sku":"9780976631101","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/madison-house-peter-donahue-9780976631101","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}