{"title":"Erin Bartels","description":"Erin Bartels is the award-winning author of We Hope for Better Things, The Words between Us, All That We Carried, and The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water. A two-time Christy finalist and winner of two 2020 WFWA Star Awards and the 2020 Michigan Notable Book Award, Erin has been a publishing professional for twenty years. She lives in Lansing, Michigan, with her husband, Zachary, and their son. Find her online at www.erinbartels.com.","products":[{"product_id":"everything-is-just-beginning-paperback","title":"Everything Is Just Beginning - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Immersive Story of Music, Struggle, and Starting Over from an Award-Winning Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Sullivan is a talented lyricist and a decent guitarist, but since he was kicked out of his band (and his apartment), he's not sure he'll ever get a record deal. Living with his loser uncle in a beat-up trailer and working a dead-end job, Michael has little reason to hope for a better future. Until the invitation for a swanky New Year's Eve party shows up in the mailbox. It's for his uncle, with whom he shares his name, but his uncle is going out of town . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the effervescent night of December 31, 1989--as the Berlin Wall is coming down, the Soviet Union is inching toward democracy, and anything seems possible--Michael will cross paths with the accomplished and enigmatic young heir to a fading musical dynasty, forever altering both of their futures. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bartels's spirited writing enlivens the earnest tale. Readers will root for these characters as they chase their dreams.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning novelist Erin Bartels enchants with this story of two lonely souls who have exactly what the other one needs--if they could simply turn their focus from what is ending to what is just beginning\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt was just one of those nights. One of those crazy, impossible nights that change your life. Forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhen guitarist Michael Sullivan gets kicked out of his band (and his apartment), landing a record deal seems an impossible dream. And nothing about Michael's prospects points toward a better future. Until the invitation for a swanky New Year's Eve party shows up in the mailbox. It's addressed to his uncle, with whom he shares both name and living space, but his uncle is going out of town . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the effervescent night of December 31, 1989--as the Berlin Wall is coming down, the Soviet Union is falling apart, and anything seems possible--Michael will cross paths with the accomplished and enigmatic young heir to a fading musical dynasty, forever altering both of their futures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat people are saying about the novels of Erin Bartels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Emotions leap off the page.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Taut and engaging.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Deftly crafted, entertaining, thought-provoking.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErin Bartels\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWe Hope for Better Things\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Words between Us\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll That We Carried\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water\u003c\/i\u003e. 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