{"product_id":"the-gulf-9781555978341b","title":"The Gulf","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA hilarious send-up of writing workshops, for-profit education, and the gulf between believers and nonbelievers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarianne is in a slump: barely able to support herself by teaching, not making progress on her poetry, about to lose her Brooklyn apartment. When her novelist ex-fiancé, Eric, and his venture capitalist brother, Mark, offer her a job directing a low-residency school for Christian writers at a motel they’ve inherited on Florida’s Gulf Coast, she can’t come up with a reason to say no.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Genesis Inspirational Writing Ranch is born, and liberal, atheist Marianne is soon knee-deep in applications from writers whose political and religious beliefs she has always opposed but whose money she’s glad to take. Janine is a schoolteacher whose heartfelt poems explore the final days of Terri Schiavo’s life. Davonte is a former R\u0026amp;B superstar who hopes to reboot his career with a bestselling tale of excess and redemption. Lorraine and Tom, eccentric writers in need of paying jobs, join the Ranch as instructors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark finds an investor in God’s Word God’s World, a business that develops for-profit schools for the Christian market, but the conditions that come along with their support become increasingly problematic, especially as Marianne grows closer to the students. As unsavory allegations mount, a hurricane bears down on the Ranch, and Marianne is faced with the consequences of her decisions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith sharp humor and deep empathy, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Gulf i\u003c\/span\u003es a memorable debut novel in which Belle Boggs plumbs the troubled waters dividing America.","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42869106442320,"sku":"9781555978341B","price":8.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781555978341-l.jpg?v=1785883037","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-gulf-9781555978341b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}