{"product_id":"the-party-house-l-wade-powers-9781643881409","title":"The Party House: Texas Gulf Coast Schemes and Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Home and Falling in Love and Other Misadventures\u003c\/em\u003e comes a novel of improbable choices and imperfect people. What could possibly go wrong? In the Texas Gulf coast in the 1970s, a tavern named The Party House hosts an eclectic clientele of hippies, rednecks, tourists, and others, along with their schemes, dreams, and relationships. Into the craziness steps Pete, a serious graduate student arriving on the island to conduct field research. He quickly succumbs to the drinking, dancing, gambling, and intimacies associated with the summertime beach life and wintertime bar life. His five-year sojourn includes an encounter with an outlaw biker gang, attempts to play pimp for a friend, surviving a hurricane, and confrontations with drunks, an angry father, a massive gathering of sharks, and poisonous jellyfish. Island life includes a young female pool hustler, an all night peyote party, and an assortment of has been and wanna be characters. Ultimately, Pete must choose between a demanding academic career or continue the raucous and comfortable lifestyle he has come to embrace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e L. Wade Powers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164388140X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643881409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Wade Powers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d","brand":"L. Wade Powers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44860464726271,"sku":"9781643881409","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1cf0be2-3e5c-4b42-b6e4-eb32ea0e1569.jpg?v=1709136146","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-party-house-l-wade-powers-9781643881409","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}