{"product_id":"groundskeeping","title":"Groundskeeping","description":"\u003cb\u003eA TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e An indelible love story about two very different people navigating the entanglements of class and identity and coming of age in an America coming apart at the seams\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the run-up to the 2016 election, Owen Callahan, an aspiring writer, moves back to Kentucky to live with his Trump-supporting uncle and grandfather. Eager to clean up his act after wasting time and potential in his early twenties, he takes a job as a groundskeeper at a small local college, in exchange for which he is permitted to take a writing course. Here he meets Alma Hazdic, a writer in residence who seems to have everything that Owen lacks--a prestigious position, an Ivy League education, success as a writer. They begin a secret relationship, and as they grow closer, Alma--who comes from a liberal family of Bosnian immigrants--struggles to understand Owen's fraught relationship with family and home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExquisitely written; expertly crafted; dazzling in its precision, restraint, and depth of feeling, \u003ci\u003eGroundskeeping\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of haunting power and grace from a prodigiously gifted young writer.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833705836749,"sku":"9780593314784","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_1b7ffc68-50cc-4ea9-b774-4dffdb6b8518.jpg?v=1790894424","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/groundskeeping","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}