{"product_id":"whisper-of-the-river","title":"Whisper of the River","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWhisper of the River\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eFerrol Sams\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780140083873\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1986\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThe bittersweet and very funny story of a young man's journey to adulthood that the \u003ci\u003eNashville Banner\u003c\/i\u003e called \"Americana at its best.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Young for his class and small for his age, Porter Osborne, Jr., leaves his rural Georgia home in 1938 to meet the world at Willingham University, armed with the knowledge that he has been \"Raised Right\" in the best Baptist tradition. What happens over the next four years will challenge the things he holds infallible: his faith, his heritage, and his parents' omniscience. As we follow Porter's college career, full of outrageous pranks and ribald humor, we sense a quiet, constant flow toward maturity. Peppered with memorable characters and resonant with details of place and time, \u003ci\u003eThe Whisper of the River\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with the richness of spirit that makes great fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Wry, incisive, delicately structured, emotionally complex, and hilarious.\" -- \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Whisper of the River | Ferrol Sams | Paperback | 9780140083873 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1516455","offer_id":48753917427864,"sku":"1516455","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51OkJVbkPqL.jpg?v=1774068018","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/whisper-of-the-river","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}