{"product_id":"come-thou-tortoise-9780307397546","title":"Come  Thou Tortoise","description":"\u003cp\u003eA delightfully offbeat story that features an opinionated tortoise and an IQ-challenged narrator who find themselves in the middle of a life-changing mystery.  Audrey (a.k.a. Oddly) Flowers is living quietly in Oregon with Winnifred  her tortoise  when she finds out her dear father has been knocked into a coma back in Newfoundland. Despite her fear of flying  she goes to him  but not before she reluctantly dumps Winnifred with her unreliable friends. Poor Winnifred.  When Audrey disarms an Air Marshal en route to St. Johns we begin to realize theres something  well  odd about her. And we soon know that Audreys quest to discover who her father really was  and reunite with Winnifred  will be an adventure like no other.  Excerpt: Winnifred is old. She might be three hundred. She came with the apartment. The previous tenant  a rock climber named Cliff  was embarking on a rock-climbing adventure that would not have been much fun for Winnifred. Back then her name was Iris. Cliff had inherited Iris from the previous tenant. Nobody knew how old Iris was or where she had come from originally. Now Cliff was moving out. He said  Would you like a tortoise.  I would not say no to a tortoise  I said.  I was alone in Portland and the trees were giant. I picked her up and she blinked at me with her upside-down eyelids. I felt instantly calm. Her eyes were soft brown. Her skin felt like an old elbow. I will build you a castle  I whispered. With a pool. And I was true to my word.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646973173813,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307397548","price":101.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307397546.jpg?v=1781684180","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/come-thou-tortoise-9780307397546","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}