{"product_id":"fragile-beasts","title":"Fragile Beasts","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in hard-scrabble coal country with a drunk father and a runaway mother hasn't been easy for teen brothers Kyle and Klint.  And when their dad smashes his truck and dies after a few too many beers the boys are shocked that their often-absent mother plans to take them back to her new home out West.  After all their mom hasn't cared for Kyle and Klint for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe still doesn't.  Their mom quickly hands the boys over to 75-year-old Candace Jack a curmudgeon with an acidic tongue who surprises herself in agreeing to take the boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving together isn't easy but the boys discover that Candace has a tragic passionate past and the three discarded souls help each other to heal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Tawni O'Dell's trademark tenderness vivid sense of place and complex characters \u003ci\u003eFragile Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully crafted novel told from two very different points of view: a fourteen-year-old boy's and a seventy-five-year-old woman's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a wonderfully touching novel with two fascinating narrators who will wholly capture readers' hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791050895539,"sku":"9780719569289","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478101999780719569289.jpg?v=1762850596","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/fragile-beasts","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}