{"product_id":"lake-city-paperback","title":"Lake City - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Kohnstamm\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLake City\u003c\/i\u003e is a darkly funny and extremely relevant debut novel about American inequality and moral authority, featuring a sad-sack antihero who takes way too long to grow up. When he finally does, the results are beautiful, and the book ultimately becomes an elegy for a now-gone Seattle, and a lesson in how the place we're from never fully lets us go.\" --Anthony Doerr, author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Light We Cannot See\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHunkered down in his childhood bedroom in Seattle's worn-out Lake City neighborhood, idealistic but self-serving striver Lane Bueche licks his wounds and hatches a plot to win back his estranged Manhattanite wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe discovers a precarious path forward when he is contracted by a wealthy adoptive couple to seduce and sabotage a troubled birth mother from his neighborhood. Lane soon finds himself in a zero-sum game between the families as he straddles two cultures, classes, and worlds. Until finally, with the well-being of the toddler at stake, Lane must choose between wanting to do the right thing (if he could only figure out what that is) and reclaiming his idea of privilege. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Snarky social commentary on the world of Seattle have-nots.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Kohnstamm\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Seattle. He is the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eDo Travel Writers Go to Hell?\u003c\/i\u003e and writes for a variety of video and animation series. \u003ci\u003eLake City\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel. He lives in Seattle with his wife and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370583691399,"sku":"9781640091429","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c367b988a993712f73629374b75d71e1.webp?v=1740470927","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/lake-city-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}