{"product_id":"the-manning-girl-paperback","title":"The Manning Girl - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Browder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The novel is a quiet but strong tour de force.\" Marly Swick, author of \u003ci\u003eEvening News: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1992. Tyler Manning-- high school teacher, part-time farmer, bachelor of 38--is planning his first day of summer vacation when a strange car approaches his Kansas farmhouse. By the time the battered Ford departs, Tyler is holding a three-week-old infant. The baby's father is his estranged brother. Woven throughout the narrative of May Manning's upbringing--assisted by long-time neighbors and school colleagues--is the parallel story of Tyler and his younger brother, the charming but deceitful Mickey Manning. The possibility of Mickey's return haunts Tyler throughout May's childhood. When Mickey does reappear, he brings unexpected danger into their lives. \u003ci\u003eThe Manning Girl\u003c\/i\u003e reimagines George Eliot's 1860 fable, \u003ci\u003eSilas Marner\u003c\/i\u003e, and places it in a contemporary Midwestern frame, following the girl and her uncle\/father from May's unexpected arrival to her 21st year. \u003ci\u003eThe Manning Girl\u003c\/i\u003e explores, with tenderness and humor, the unique situation of a single father, supported by a surprising community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Browder\u003c\/b\u003e's most recent book, \u003ci\u003eResurrection City\u003c\/i\u003e, a story cycle about the Great East Japan Disaster of 2011, received the Spokane Prize and is forthcoming from Willow Springs Books. She is the author of three previous story collections, a \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e Solo, numerous award-winning and anthologized stories, and produced plays. An NEA and the Missouri Arts Council fiction fellow, \u003ci\u003eThe Manning Girl \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42154758275207,"sku":"9781646033942","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/762fdd5415f7348d1ac75ef09c039c94.webp?v=1733230693","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-manning-girl-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}