{"product_id":"0345450698-clays_quilt_ballantine_readers_circle","title":"Clay's Quilt (Ballantine Reader's Circle)","description":"\n\n\u003cb\u003e“A YOUNG WRITER OF IMMENSE GIFTS . . . One of the best books I have ever read about contemporary life in the mountains of southern Appalachia. . . . I could see and feel Free Creek, and the mountain above it.”\u003cbr\u003e–LEE SMITH\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter his mother is killed, four-year-old Clay Sizemore finds himself alone in a small Appalachian mining town. At first, unsure of Free Creek, he slowly learns to lean on its residents as family. There’s Aunt Easter, who is always filled with a sense of foreboding, bound to her faith above all; quiltmaking Uncle Paul; untamable Evangeline; and Alma, the fiddler whose song wends it way into Clay’s heart. Together, they help Clay fashion a quilt of a life from what treasured pieces surround him. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A long love poem to the hills of Kentucky. It flows with Appalachian music, religion, and that certain knowledge that your people will always hold you close. . . . Like the finely stitched quilts that Clay’s Uncle Paul labors over, the author sews a flawless seam of folks who love their home and each other.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e–Southern Living\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Unpretentious and clear-eyed . . . A tale whose joys are as legitimate as its sorrows.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eThe Roanoke Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeen \u0026amp; Young Adult\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - Poor","offer_id":47605441953982,"sku":"0345450698-6","price":12.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/61HJn91dNwL.jpg?v=1780664588","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0345450698-clays_quilt_ballantine_readers_circle","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}