{"product_id":"the-king-of-lakeside-rob-clarke-9781779622945","title":"The King of Lakeside","description":"\u003cp\u003eA prairie town is a great place to live if you love beer and hockey and don't mind having a demeaning nickname. Lakeside is that kind of place. It's a typical rural community where everyone knows everyone else's business and people have long memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoss Garrison's life in Lakeside alternates between momentous challenges and long periods of comfortable stagnation. He makes the best of what little the town has to offer for a social life, but he is often forced to navigate around the hostility and racism that simmers in the small isolated community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe goes through the motions of participating in the adolescent beer-fueled culture but can't crawl out from under a humiliating event from the past. Much of \u003cem\u003eThe King of Lakeside\u003c\/em\u003e revolves around the looming twenty-year high school reunion that will drag Ross back to a terrible night where much of his identity was defined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe King of Lakeside\u003c\/em\u003e is a narrative about arrested development and social confinement, but it's also a story of awakening and redemption set in a community rich with the elements, both good and bad, that give color to the small-town experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rob Clarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1779622945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781779622945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tellwell Talent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d","brand":"Rob Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46640816324863,"sku":"9781779622945","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c6ba98b-bec9-4c3f-b196-7adc15bfe5ba.jpg?v=1740670587","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-king-of-lakeside-rob-clarke-9781779622945","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}