{"product_id":"9780452279698","title":"Cavedweller A Novel - Allison, Dorothy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eCavedweller A Novel\u003c\/u\u003e by Allison, Dorothy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by National Geographic Books, 1999\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the \"flawless\" (The New York Times Book Review) classic Bastard Out of Carolina comes \u003cb\u003eCavedweller\u003c\/b\u003e, once again demonstrating Allison's umatched strengths as a storyteller. Reading \"like a thematic sequel\" (The New Yorker) to her first novel, \u003cb\u003eCavedweller \u003c\/b\u003etackles questions of forgiveness, mother-daughter bonds, and the strength of the human spirit.\n\n\n\nWhen Delia Byrd packs up her old Datsun and her daughter Cissy and gets on the Santa Monica Freeway heading south and east, she is leaving everything she has known for ten years: the tinsel glitter of the rock 'n' roll world; her dreams of singing and songwriting; and a life lived on credit cards and whiskey with a man who made promises he couldn't keep. Delia Byrd is going back to Cayro, Georgia, to reclaim her life--and the two daughters she left behind...Told in the incantatory voice of one of America's most eloquent storytellers, \u003cb\u003eCavedweller\u003c\/b\u003e is a sweeping novel of the human spirit, the lost and hidden recesses of the heart, and the place where violence and redemption intersect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National Geographic Books, 1999","offers":[{"title":"Cavedweller A Novel \/ Very Good","offer_id":51935107940644,"sku":"9780452279698VG","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_57aa9a99-050e-4820-b266-68650de46ec4.jpg?v=1781791888","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9780452279698","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}