{"product_id":"beginning-with-cannonballs-paperback","title":"Beginning with Cannonballs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJill McCroskey Coupe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" . . . both timely and timeless in today's fraught social climate.\" --\u003ci\u003eNecessary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This lyric novel is a gorgeous mosaic.\" --John Dufresne \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eTrue Stories at the Smoky View\u003c\/i\u003e is back with another novel about an unusual friendship. In the 1940s, in segregated Knoxville, Tennessee, Gail (white) and Hanna (black) shared a crib in Gail's parents' house, where Hanna's mother, Sophie, was the live-in maid. When the girls were four, Sophie taught them to swim, and soon they were gleefully doing cannonballs off the diving board, playing a game they'd invented based on their favorite Billie Holiday song. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the time they're both in college, however, the two friends have lost touch with each other. A reunion in Washington, DC, sought by Gail but resented by Hanna, sets the tone for their relationship from then on. Marriage, children, and a tragic death further strain the increasingly fragile bond. How much longer can the friendship last?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Jill McCroskey Coupe's novels, \u003ci\u003eBeginning with Cannonballs\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and \u003ci\u003eTrue Stories at the Smoky View\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), depict unlikely friendships and have been reviewed in such disparate sources as \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, Booklist, Necessary Fiction, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmoky Mountain Living\u003c\/i\u003e. Her master's degrees--an MFA in Fiction and an MLS (Library Science)--are dead giveaways: she has always loved books. A former librarian at Johns Hopkins University, Jill recently moved from Maryland to Vermont. Please visit her online at jillmcoupe.com \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337442922733,"sku":"9781631528484","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/f1Zg0jm8cs9781631528484.webp?v=1785061319","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/beginning-with-cannonballs-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}