{"product_id":"the-lost-queen-of-crocker-county-9781492663799","title":"The Lost Queen of Crocker County","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor fans of books like THE READERS OF BROKEN WHEEL RECOMMEND, a feel-good story of going home again to get things right.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrocker County crowns a new Corn Queen every year, but Jane Willow's the one you would remember. She can't forget Iowa, either. Even though she fled to LA to become a film critic years ago, home was always there behind her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when a family tragedy happens, she's forced to drive back to Crocker County. The rolling farmlands can't much hide the things she left behind: the best friend she abandoned who now runs a meatloaf hotline, the childhood front porch that sits hauntingly empty, and that fiasco of a Corn Fest that spun her life in a different direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Jane can escape her past a second time, disaster strikes, and she will have to find a way to right her mistakes and save herself from her regrets. An unflinchingly love letter to the Midwest that unfolds through a celebration of movies, this ferociously endearing novel brings home the saving grace of second chances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Leiknes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sourcebooks Landmark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781492663799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2018 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeiknes, Elizabeth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Leiknes grew up in rural Iowa and can make thirty-seven dishes featuring corn. She graduated from the University of Iowa before receiving her master's in writing from the University of Nevada, Reno. Her previous two novels received starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist. She lives with her husband and two children near Lake Tahoe, Nevada.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sourcebooks Landmark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45397426634867,"sku":"9781492663799","price":18.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_64bbb0c6-bdf4-4106-a8d6-5587b618289c.jpg?v=1787658141","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-lost-queen-of-crocker-county-9781492663799","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}