{"product_id":"beginning-with-cannonballs-9781631528484","title":"Beginning with Cannonballs","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jill McCroskey Coupe\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Friendship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" . . . both timely and timeless in today's fraught social climate.\" --\u003ci\u003eNecessary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This lyric novel is a gorgeous mosaic.\" --John Dufresne \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eTrue Stories at the Smoky View\u003c\/i\u003e is back with another novel about an unusual friendship. In the 1940s, in segregated Knoxville, Tennessee, Gail (white) and Hanna (black) shared a crib in Gail's parents' house, where Hanna's mother, Sophie, was the live-in maid. When the girls were four, Sophie taught them to swim, and soon they were gleefully doing cannonballs off the diving board, playing a game they'd invented based on their favorite Billie Holiday song. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the time they're both in college, however, the two friends have lost touch with each other. A reunion in Washington, DC, sought by Gail but resented by Hanna, sets the tone for their relationship from then on. Marriage, children, and a tragic death further strain the increasingly fragile bond. How much longer can the friendship last?","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46317232980119,"sku":"9781631528484","price":1651.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781631528484.webp?v=1767710756","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/beginning-with-cannonballs-9781631528484","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}