{"product_id":"ostrich-michael-a-thomas-9780874173512","title":"Ostrich: (A Comic Novel)","description":"Nevada sheep rancher Sabine Eckleberry's life is in shambles. His wife has decamped to Arizona to run a dog-grooming business; his youngest daughter needs a husband; his irrepressible son VJ wants to turn the ranch into an ostrich-breeding operation; and the wild burros he has adopted to guard his sheep can't get along with their charges. Now his family and friends are about to descend on the ranch to celebrate Sabine's seventy-second birthday. The ranch is soon a chaos of budding and blighted romances, mistaken identities, rampaging poodles, runaway sheep, schemes of seduction and sudden wealth, and a newly hatched ostrich chick in search of love. Novelist Michael A. Thomas has created a cast of memorable human characters, a supporting cast of realistic animal personalities, and a colorful setting in Nevada's rangeland. His keen ear for dialogue and his perfect timing support a plot as complicated and satisfying as a Shakespearean comedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael a. Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0874173515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874173512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nevada Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.18w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2000 pg. 916\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2000 pg. 916\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/31\/2000 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2000 pg. 2117","brand":"Michael a. Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46383874703615,"sku":"9780874173512","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6d6834e-aa72-450d-a528-58f7aa5baf38.jpg?v=1733281933","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ostrich-michael-a-thomas-9780874173512","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}