{"title":"Coming of Age","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"arcadia","title":"Arcadia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA staggering portrait of a crumbling utopia, this \"timeless and vast\" novel filled with the \"raw beauty\" beautifully depicts an idyllic commune in New York State -- and charts its eventual yet inevitable downfall (Janet Maslin, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Timeless and vast... The raw beauty of Ms. Groff's prose is one of the best things about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArcadia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. But it is by no means this book's only kind of splendor.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e---Janet Maslin, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Even the most incidental details vibrate with life \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArcadia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e wends a harrowing path back to a fragile, lovely place you can believe in.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e---Ron Charles, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, a few dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding a commune centered on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArcadia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows this romantic utopian dream from its hopeful start through its heyday. Arcadia's inhabitants include Handy, the charismatic leader; his wife, Astrid, a midwife; Abe, a master carpenter; Hannah, a baker and historian; and Abe and Hannah's only child, Bit. While Arcadia rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes. He falls in love with Helle, Handy's lovely, troubled daughter. 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I didn't want this story to end!”—Reese Witherspoon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePainfully beautiful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life—until the unthinkable happens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhere the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Fern","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58466788966481,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":58466788999249,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/1401\/6081\/files\/where-the-crawdads-sing-hardcover.jpg?v=1765240992"}],"url":"https:\/\/fernbookshop.com\/collections\/coming-of-age.oembed","provider":"The Fern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}