{"product_id":"brookland-paperback","title":"Brookland - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmily Barton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Favorite Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince her girlhood, Prudence Winship has gazed across the tidal straits from her home in Brooklyn to the city of Manhattan and yearned to bridge the distance. Now, firmly established as the owner of an enormously successful gin distillery she inherited from her father, she can begin to realize her dream. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in eighteenth-century Brooklyn, this is the beautifully written story of a woman with a vision: a gargantuan construction of timber and masonry to span the East River. With the help of her sisters--high-spirited Tem and silent, uncanny Pearl--Prue fires the imaginations of the people of Brooklyn and New York by promising them easy passage between their two worlds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrookland\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Emily Barton's reputation as one of the finest writers of her generation, whose work is blessedly post-ironic, engaging and heartfelt (Thomas Pynchon).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Barton\u003c\/b\u003e's fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eStory, American Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Testament of Yves Gundron, \u003c\/i\u003ecalled blessedly post-ironic, engaging, and heartfelt by Thomas Pynchon, won the Bard Fiction Prize and was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year. She is the recipient of a 2006 artist's grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and a 2006 fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694752534591,"sku":"9780312425807","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/dd7859f6fdba327b8d1bfa329096a6a0_1da791ed-18af-4c09-88f6-9f74f5772cf6.webp?v=1765001999","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/brookland-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}