{"product_id":"salt-water-charles-simmons-9780671035679","title":"Salt Water","description":"\u003ci\u003eIn the summer of 1963 I fell in love and my father drowned\u003c\/i\u003e....So begins this luminous story of a young man's passage through the dark turns of adult passion. A contemporary retelling of Turgenev's classic tale \"First Love,\" \u003ci\u003eSalt Water\u003c\/i\u003e is set against a summer landscape of water, sand, and sky, and relates in seductive detail the momentous events that changed a family forever. \u003cbr\u003e On an isolated island off the Atlantic coast, fifteen-year-old Michael and his parents begin their customary lazy vacation. When two exquisite flirts shatter the calm, Michael experiences the provocative mysteries and the consequences of various kinds of love -- romantic and sensual, paternal and filial. \u003cbr\u003e William Faulkner Award-winning author Charles Simmons explores the very heart of the human need to be wanted, the intricacies of the father-son bond, and a boy's adolescence in all of its desires, confusion, and heartbreak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Simmons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0671035673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780671035679\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 5.46w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1999 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/08\/1999 pg. 24","brand":"Charles Simmons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43920444358911,"sku":"9780671035679","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e94c1d93-81dd-4eba-ba49-39cc8094779e.jpg?v=1680815399","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/salt-water-charles-simmons-9780671035679","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}