{"title":"T. R. Pearson","description":"T. R. Pearson is the author of eight novels, including Polar and Blue Ridge, a New York Times Notable Book.","products":[{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-a-small-place-paperback","title":"A Short History of a Small Place - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarvelously funny, bittersweet, and beautifully evocative, the original publication of \u003ci\u003eA Short History of a Small Place\u003c\/i\u003e announced the arrival of one of our great Southern voices. Although T. R. Pearson's Neely, North Carolina, doesn't appear on any map of the state, it has already earned a secure place on the literary landscape of the South. In this introduction to Neely, the young narrator, Louis Benfield, recounts the tragic last days of Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew, a local spinster and former town belle who, after years of total seclusion, returns flamboyantly to public view-with her pet monkey, Mr. Britches. Here is a teeming human comedy inhabited by some of the most eccentric and endearing characters ever encountered in literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104880038111,"sku":"9780142003626","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/SbIdHSItod9780142003626.webp?v=1781111511"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/t-r-pearson.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}