{"product_id":"ann-bobbie-mason-feather-crowns-9780060925499","title":"Feather Crowns","description":"FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD From\n\u003cbr\u003e\nprize-winning author Bobbie Ann Mason, a brilliantly wrought novel about the\n\u003cbr\u003e\nfirst woman to give birth to quintuplets in early 1900s America.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSet\n\u003cbr\u003e\nin the apocalyptic atmosphere of 1900—a time when many Americans were looking\n\u003cbr\u003e\nfor signs foretelling the end of the world—Feather Crowns is the\n\u003cbr\u003e\nstory of a young woman who unintentionally creates a national sensation. A farm\n\u003cbr\u003e\nwife living near the small town of Hopewell, Kentucky, Christianna Wheeler\n\u003cbr\u003e\ngives birth to the first recorded set of quintuplets in North America.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nChristie\n\u003cbr\u003e\nis suddenly thrown into a swirling storm of public attention. Hundreds of\n\u003cbr\u003e\nstrangers descend on her home, all wanting to see and touch the \"miracle\n\u003cbr\u003e\nbabies.\" The fate of the babies and the bizarre events that follow their\n\u003cbr\u003e\nbirths propel Christie and her husband far from home, on a journey that exposes\n\u003cbr\u003e\nthem to the turbulent pageant of life at the beginning of the modern era.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRichly\n\u003cbr\u003e\ndetailed and poignant, Feather Crowns focuses on one woman but\n\u003cbr\u003e\nopens out ultimately into the chronicle of a time and a people. Written in\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBobbie Ann Mason's taut yet lyrical prose, the novel ranges from a peaceful\n\u003cbr\u003e\nfarming community to a fire-and-brimstone revival camp, from traveling shows to\n\u003cbr\u003e\nthe the nation's capital. Moving through the center of it all is Christie, a\n\u003cbr\u003e\ncharming, headstrong, loving woman who struggles heroically to come to terms\n\u003cbr\u003e\nwith the extraordinary events of her long life.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFeather Crowns is an American parable of profound\n\u003cbr\u003e\nresonance. Spellbindingly readable, it is a novel of classic stature that\n\u003cbr\u003e\nconfirmed Bobbie Ann Mason as one of America's most important writers.","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53667031220566,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780060925499_1_72b2e763-4787-453d-994c-0e0f93cda1d5.jpg?v=1778850877","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/ann-bobbie-mason-feather-crowns-9780060925499","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}