{"product_id":"ernies-ark-stories-9780345477163","title":"Ernie's Ark: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe paper mill looms up from the riverbank in Abbott Falls  Maine  a town once drenched with ordinary hopes and dreams  now praying for a small drop of good fortune. Ernie Whitten  a pipe fitter  was three weeks away from a pension-secured retirement when the union went on strike eight months ago. Now his wife Marie is ill. Struck with sudden inspiration  Ernie builds a giant ark in his backyard. It is a work of art for his wife; a vessel to carry them both away; or a plea for God to spare Marie  come hell or high water. As the ark takes shape  the rest of the town carries on. Theres Dan Little  a building-code enforcer who comes to fine Ernie for the ark and makes a significant discovery about himself; Francine Love  a precocious thirteen-year-old who longs to be a part of the family-like world of the union workers; and Atlantic Pulp \u0026amp; Paper CEO Henry John McCoy  an impatient man wearily determined to be a good father to his twenty-six-year-old daughter. The people of Abbott Falls will try their best to hold a community together  against the fiercest of odds. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648261054517,"sku":"ByrdShop_0345477162","price":103.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780345477163.jpg?v=1781714387","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/ernies-ark-stories-9780345477163","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}