{"product_id":"stitch-in-time-john-gould-9780393336481","title":"Stitch in Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn these observations on the inhabitants of his Maine seacoast village, Mr. Gould addresses important matters. For example, there is the question of why there are \u003cem\u003etwo\u003c\/em\u003e churches in a town of 800 souls, some of whom were atheists. It seems that the split between the two congregations was a matter of both free will and logic. The devotional division was caused by the question of whether Balaam's ass spoke or whether Balaam just \u003cem\u003esaid\u003c\/em\u003e his ass spoke. There is more, wonderfully much more, in this joyful journey into the mind and memory of John Gould: how giving a child a calf to raise provides \"top-notch instruction in agronomy, economics, subsistence, and merchandising,\" as well as milk in the shoes; how lobstermen can communicate without uttering a word; or his comment on women's yearning for equality: \"If lovely woman stoops for the folly of equalizing herself with man, God's great mistake, she deserves what she gets.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Gould, as everyone knows, lives in Friendship, Maine. He is the author of twenty books, most recently his first novel, \u003cem\u003eNo Other Place\u003c\/em\u003e. A Maine writer, he is a national treasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Gould\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393336484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393336481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.36d","brand":"John Gould","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616343093503,"sku":"9780393336481","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1c9c1da-813e-4e15-83a4-9206de16226d.jpg?v=1703019822","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stitch-in-time-john-gould-9780393336481","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}