{"product_id":"west-of-loveland-tom-drury-9780802168399","title":"West of Loveland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning author of the classic \u003ci\u003eThe End of Vandalism\u003c\/i\u003e returns to the Midwestern county he's chronicled over four decades for a panoramic tale of fate, found families, and the revolutionary possibilities of love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA lonely highway, a traveler, and a revolver\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Teenage Rocky and his aunt Helen's roadside discovery on a winter afternoon sets off a mysterious yet inevitable chain of events that will assemble citizens of Grouse County in a quest for knowledge, romance, and an occasional shared supper with a decent bottle of wine. Characters from Drury's previous novels--the stoic sheriff, the red-headed photographer, the retired thief--are joined by a vibrant new cast including a trio of teens in a secret club named after a nineteenth-century suffragette, a reverend doctor who counsels her flock to perform good works and dance on houseboats, and an amateur film scholar who inspires a meet-cute in a plasma donation center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarked by uncanny dialogue, subversive humor, and indelible descriptions of natural and human beauty, \u003ci\u003eWest of Loveland \u003c\/i\u003eis a warm and polyphonic portrait of a singular community navigating a version of contemporary life with grace and an enduring belief that something good might happen. Drury's masterwork and the capstone of what is now the Grouse County quartet, \u003ci\u003eWest of Loveland\u003c\/i\u003e offers a revolutionary view of the rural Midwest and a quiet homage to American democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Drury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802168396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802168399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Tom Drury","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48588424478975,"sku":"9780802168399","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77927c2b-9365-4e2c-816f-0f5005506311.jpg?v=1780174728","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/west-of-loveland-tom-drury-9780802168399","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}