{"product_id":"book-1354","title":"Cold Sassy Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCold Sassy Tree\u003c\/em\u003e is the undeniably entertaining and extraordinarily moving account of small-town Southern life in a bygone era. Brimming with characters who are wise and loony, unimpeachably pious and deliciously irreverent, Olive Ann Burns's charming tale is a classic.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne thing you could depend on in Cold Sassy, Georgia, was that word got around-fast. If the preacher's wife's petticoat showed, the ladies would make the talk last a week. But on July 5, 1906, things took a scandalous turn. That was the day E. Rucker Blakeslee, proprietor of the general store and barely three weeks a widower, eloped with Miss Love Simpson-a woman half his age and, worse yet, a Yankee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn that day, fourteen-year-old Will Tweedy's adventures began, and an unimpeachably pious town came to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the newlyweds' chaperone, conspirator, and confidant, Will is privy to his renegade grandfather's second adolescence. Meanwhile, Will does some growing up of his own. He gets run over by a train and lives to tell about it, and he kisses his first girl and survives that too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlive Ann Burns has given us a timeless, funny Southern romance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49314548318512,"sku":"BD1354","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49314548351280,"sku":"ZE1354","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49314548384048,"sku":"ZM1354","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1354-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775518934","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1354","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}