{"product_id":"ashland-book-dan-simon-9798889661672","title":"Ashland","description":"\u003cp\u003eA MARCH 2026 INDIE NEXT PICK\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e★ \"Powerfully poetic...a testament to American virtues--and flaws.\"--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA deeply moving family story unfolding in richly evocative prose during the final decades of the American century, Ashland is a book of metamorphoses--of the dance between permanence and transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe story takes place in Ashland, New Hampshire, a former mill town in the lakes region, and is told in six voices, among them Carolyn, a twenty year old writer at a turning point in her life; Gordon, who arrives in Ashland in the twilight of his years; Andy, a local boy; Geoff, Carolyn's writing teacher at Plymouth State; and Edith, Gordon's wife, who is inadvertently Carolyn's spiritual guide and friend. Then there is Jennie, Carolyn's aunt, who seems to offer her a model for how to live. But things aren't always what they seem, and Carolyn must discover her own rules and make her own way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAshland is a debut novel of great intensity, beautifully told in the voices of many vivid characters and, through them, in the voice of Ashland itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53665230717201,"sku":"NIN9798889661672","price":24.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":54689869365521,"sku":"CINB0FC5VN8JDG","price":13.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9798889661672.jpg?v=1781460185","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/ashland-book-dan-simon-9798889661672","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}