{"product_id":"stealing-home-a-novel-9781601421364","title":"Stealing Home: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFour individuals  each living in haunted isolation  and each harboring a secret passion come together in this novel by Christy Award finalist Allison K. Pittman.  Its 1905 and the Chicago Cubs are banking on superstar Donald Duke Dennisons golden arm to help them win the pennant. Only one thing stands between Duke and an unprecedented ten thousand dollar contract: alcohol.  When sportswriter David Voyant whisks Duke to the one-horse town of Picksville  Missouri  so he can sober up in anonymity  Duke bides his time flirting with Ellie Jane Voyant  his unofficial chaperone  who would rather hide herself in the railway station ticket booth than face the echoes of childhood taunts.  Ned Clovis  the feed store clerk  has secretly loved Ellie Jane since childhood  but he loves baseball and the Duke almost as much--until he notices Ellie Jane may be succumbing to the stars charm.  Then theres Morris  a twelve-year-old Negro boy  whose only dream is to break away from Picksville. When Duke discovers his innate talent for throwing a baseball  Morris might just have found his way out.  Providence brings them together. Tragedy threatens to tear them apart. Will love be enough to bring them home?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924504576053,"sku":"ByrdShop_1601421362","price":65.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781601421364.jpg?v=1794134810","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/stealing-home-a-novel-9781601421364","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}