{"product_id":"true-stories-at-the-smoky-view-paperback","title":"True Stories at the Smoky View - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJill McCroskey Coupe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIPPY Gold Medal for Regional Fiction (South)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Stories at the Smoky View\u003c\/i\u003e is a wry, intricate novel about family and friendship, tyranny and justice. Although Vrai (short for Vraiment), an art history librarian in Baltimore, has not spoken to her friend Skip for over a year, after his sudden death, she dutifully takes his ashes and his dog home to his mother in Knoxville, Tennessee. Vrai has no idea why Skip stepped into traffic in Baltimore with his hands over his eyes, or why he so abruptly ended their longtime friendship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter Skip's service, Vrai rescues ten-year-old Jonathan, who has been abandoned in the funeral home parking lot. The Blizzard of 1993 soon strands this unlikely duo at the Smoky View Motel, where Jonathan, whose parents were assassinated by Pinochet's henchmen, comes across clues pointing to a possible suspect in Skip's death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the end of this story of mutual rescue, both Vrai's and Jonathan's lives have been changed forever.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Jill McCroskey Coupe's novels, \u003ci\u003eBeginning with Cannonballs\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and \u003ci\u003eTrue Stories at the Smoky View\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), depict unlikely friendships and have been reviewed in such disparate sources as \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, Booklist, Necessary Fiction, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmoky Mountain Living\u003c\/i\u003e. Her master's degrees--an MFA in Fiction and an MLS (Library Science)--are dead giveaways: she has always loved books. A former librarian at Johns Hopkins University, Jill recently moved from Maryland to Vermont. Please visit her online at jillmcoupe.com \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976086569111,"sku":"9781631520518","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/4552\/4631\/files\/srO_FWj3dP9781631520518.webp?v=1783311415","url":"https:\/\/leyambercollective.com\/products\/true-stories-at-the-smoky-view-paperback","provider":"Ley Amber Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}