{"product_id":"the-world-made-straight-a-novel-9780805078664","title":"The World Made Straight: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre  a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past  Travis Shelton is seventeen the summer he wanders onto a neighbors property in the woods  discovers a crop of marijuana large enough to make him some serious money  and steps into the jaws of a bear trap. After hours of passing in and out of consciousness  Travis is discovered by Carlton Toomey  the wise and vicious farmer who set the trap to protect his plants  and Traviss confrontation with the subtle evils within his rural world has begun. Before long  Travis has moved out of his parents home to live with Leonard Shuler  a one-time schoolteacher who lost his job and custody of his daughter years ago  when he was framed by a vindictive student. Now Leonard lives with his dogs and his sometime girlfriend in a run-down trailer outside town  deals a few drugs  and studies journals from the Civil War. Travis becomes his student  of sorts  and the fate of these two outsiders becomes increasingly entwined as the communitys terrible past and corrupt present bear down on each of them from every direction  leading to a violent reckoning--not only with Carlton  but with the legacy of the Civil War massacre that  even after a century  continues to divide an Appalachian community. Vivid  harrowing  yet ultimately hopeful  The World Made Straight offers a powerful exploration of the painful conflict between the bonds of home and the desire for independence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648193159221,"sku":"ByrdShop_0805078665","price":25.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780805078664.jpg?v=1781712255","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-world-made-straight-a-novel-9780805078664","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}