{"product_id":"the-bride-of-catastrophe-heidi-jon-schmidt-9780312423421","title":"The Bride of Catastrophe","description":"\u003cp\u003eI grew up on a farm, --the year is l974, the place Sweetriver College, and Beatrice Wolfe is telling the story of her life to the glamorous young professor Philippa Sayres. So begins the achingly funny, often heartbreaking story of Beatrice's quest to escape the gothic eccentricity of her family and find an authentic identity of her own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarried in a misbegotten passion, her parents are totally unsuited to farming or to any kind of business. When they finally lose their farm, Bea's family spirals out of control. Still under Philippa's spell, Bea moves to the city of Hartford and joins a lesbian community, and becomes so committed to her new gay identity that she barely notices she's falling in love with a man--a man just risen from the ashes of addiction, whose re-creation of himself she threatens to undo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Heidi Jon Schmidt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 031242342X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312423421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.56w x 1.08d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/14\/2003 pg. 28","brand":"Heidi Jon Schmidt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057831407871,"sku":"9780312423421","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a76388bf-923e-4226-a7c8-4d0c30fd5f86.jpg?v=1685049119","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bride-of-catastrophe-heidi-jon-schmidt-9780312423421","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}