{"product_id":"the-love-eaters-and-the-mary-lee-settle-9781570030987","title":"The Love Eaters and the Kiss of Kin","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe novel that launched Settle's outstanding career, \u003ci\u003eThe Love Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e is an acid satire of bedroom and community tragedy. A wealthy, small-town theatrical group finds itself at the direction of a wheelchair-bound man whose designs extend beyond the stage. As he begins to lose control, so do his players, revealing appetites they scarcely knew that had.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Kiss of Kin, \u003c\/i\u003e Settle's second and highly acclaimed novel, centers on the funeral, and last testament of Anna Mary Passmore. Drawn back to the Soutern homeplace, members of the Passmore clan--all of whom nurse visions that the matriarch's bequests will solve their problems--grapple with the various ties that bind them and with the disturbing appearance of an unexpected heir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePulbished together for the first time, these novels offer compelling tales as well as a sample of Settle's early writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Lee Settle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570030987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570030987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.59w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/29\/1995 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/1996 pg. 124","brand":"Mary Lee Settle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431384731903,"sku":"9781570030987","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18868fa9-99a4-4464-a63c-51af2913b2ec.jpg?v=1735141164","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-love-eaters-and-the-mary-lee-settle-9781570030987","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}