{"product_id":"the-girl-who-trod-on-a-loaf-9781644450291","title":"The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBack in print, an astonishing novel of art, obsession, and the secrets kept by two very different women\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Kathryn Davis's second novel, Frances Thorn, waitress and single parent of twins, finds herself transformed by the dazzling magnetism of Helle Ten Brix, an elderly Danish composer of operas. At the heart of what binds them is \"The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf,\" the Hans Christian Andersen tale of a prideful girl who, in order to spare her new shoes, uses a loaf of bread, intended as a gift for her parents, as a stepping-stone, and ends up sinking to the bottom of a bog. Helle's final opera, based on this tale and unfinished at the time of her death, is willed to Frances--a life-changing legacy that compels Frances to unravel the mysteries of Helle's story and, in so doing, to enter the endlessly revolving, intricate world of her operas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe ravishing beauty and matchless wit that have characterized Davis's work from the beginning are here on full display. \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Trod on a Loaf\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel as thrilling in its virtuosity as it is moving in its homage to the power of art, a power that changes lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11824199\"\u003eKathryn Davis\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644450291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644450291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathryn Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Silk Road\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDuplex\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the senior fiction writer on the faculty of the writing program at Washington University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42711211606253,"sku":"9781644450291","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_813959f4-5787-4162-bdda-77b92db9ed54.jpg?v=1650157113","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-girl-who-trod-on-a-loaf-9781644450291","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}