{"product_id":"nothing-more-dangerous-paperback","title":"Nothing More Dangerous - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllen Eskens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMissouri native Allen Eskens' \"stunning small-town mystery\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) is a necessary exploration of family, loyalty, and racial tension in America and \"a coming-of-age book to rival some of the best, such as \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Grace\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a small Southern town where loyalty to family and to \"your people\" carries the weight of a sacred oath, defying those unspoken rules can be a deadly proposition. After fifteen years of growing up in the Ozark hills with his widowed mother, high-school freshman Boady Sanden is beyond ready to move on. He dreams of glass towers and cityscapes, driven by his desire to be anywhere other than Jessup, Missouri. The new kid at St. Ignatius High School, if he isn't being pushed around, he is being completely ignored. Even his beloved woods, his playground as a child and his sanctuary as he grew older, seem to be closing in on him, suffocating him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then Thomas Elgin moves in across the road, and Boady's life begins to twist and turn. Coming to know the Elgins -- a black family settling into a community where notions of \"us\" and \"them\" carry the weight of history -- forces Boady to rethink his understanding of the world he's taken for granted. Secrets hidden in plain sight begin to unfold: the mother who wraps herself in the loss of her husband, the neighbor who carries the wounds of a mysterious past that he holds close, the quiet boss who is fighting his own hidden battle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But the biggest secret of all is the disappearance of Lida Poe, the African-American woman who keeps the books at the local plastics factory. Word has it that Ms. Poe left town, along with a hundred thousand dollars of company money. Although Boady has never met the missing woman, he discovers that the threads of her life are woven into the deepest fabric of his world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the mystery of her fate plays out, Boady begins to see the stark lines of race and class that both bind and divide this small town -- and he will be forced to choose sides. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eFlorida Sun-Sentinel \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Minnesota Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllen Eskens \u003c\/b\u003eis the \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Life We Bury, The Guise of Another\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Heavens May Fall\u003c\/i\u003e. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Life We Bury\u003c\/i\u003e, has been published in twenty-six languages and is being developed for a feature film. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He now lives with his wife, Joely, in out-state Minnesota where he has been a practicing criminal defense attorney for twenty-five years.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44316166750310,"sku":"9780316509732","price":26.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/VUt1UitsSDVDNFpBU0NSYVNPa2g0UT09.webp?v=1767984696","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/nothing-more-dangerous-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}