{"product_id":"north-of-ordinary","title":"North of Ordinary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Rolfe Gardiner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e North of Ordinary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe long-awaited return of a quintessentially American storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You're as likely to be hit twice by lightning on a Monday as see a wood chipper pull a man into its maw.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins \u003ci\u003eNorth of Ordinary\u003c\/i\u003e, John Rolfe Gardner's virtuosic story collection of survivors getting by despite the odds in a shifting world. In these pages, we meet a nervous young apprentice to a weathered tree climber; a dangerously obsessed student at a Southern Bible college; an attractive schemer trying to build an audience for her tiny radio station; an undercover, cross-dressing lawman whose friendship changes the life of a deaf child in a suburban cul-de-sac; and an elderly Black mason whose knowledge of the town's history harbors truths that shake his visitor's foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurprising, touching, and deeply humane, the ten stories of \u003ci\u003eNorth of Ordinary\u003c\/i\u003e offer an intimate, revelatory look at our fractured society and pull us together through the power of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954276321\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Height: 8.11 inches, Length: 5.43 inches, Weight: 0.59965735264 pounds, Width: 0.71 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e en\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Rolfe Gardiner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53794834972979,"sku":"9781954276321","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/22230643482883.jpg?v=1785905840","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/north-of-ordinary","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}