{"product_id":"osgood-paperback","title":"Osgood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeborah Allbritain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1800s, Osgood, Indiana, a small plains town, is hardly the setting for a bucolic pastoral.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeborah Allbritain's poems, along with period photographs, evoke a vision of a courageous young woman living in Osgood. Through her eyes, we discover shape shifting, the magic of pigs, possible Romanovs, disappearing houses, unrequited same sex loves and other truths of small-town Osgood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVarious narrative threads weave through the collection, lean against each other and reflect. We meet Oscar and Millicent, Nikanor, Manly DeBeck and Mr. Woolsey, Lilla May Barker, and others.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eThe townspeople of Osgood have their own provocative loves, betrayals, hopes, tragedies, and gender issues that they wish, for the most part, to keep hidden in their lifetimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 122\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 10 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41730098724999,"sku":"9781950739127","price":24.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c4bd69582f154cfb8455469c9dd57bfb.webp?v=1734097704","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/osgood-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}