{"product_id":"groundskeeping-paperback","title":"Groundskeeping: A Read with Jenna Pick - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLee Cole\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e An indelible love story about two very different people navigating the entanglements of class and identity and coming of age in an America coming apart at the seams\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the run-up to the 2016 election, Owen Callahan, an aspiring writer, moves back to Kentucky to live with his Trump-supporting uncle and grandfather. Eager to clean up his act after wasting time and potential in his early twenties, he takes a job as a groundskeeper at a small local college, in exchange for which he is permitted to take a writing course. Here he meets Alma Hazdic, a writer in residence who seems to have everything that Owen lacks--a prestigious position, an Ivy League education, success as a writer. They begin a secret relationship, and as they grow closer, Alma--who comes from a liberal family of Bosnian immigrants--struggles to understand Owen's fraught relationship with family and home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExquisitely written; expertly crafted; dazzling in its precision, restraint, and depth of feeling, \u003ci\u003eGroundskeeping\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of haunting power and grace from a prodigiously gifted young writer.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEE COLE was born and grew up in rural Kentucky. A recent graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he now lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170728382599,"sku":"9780593314784","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c13e89b3de47d1a58a77bf900c639d19.webp?v=1733350233","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/groundskeeping-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}