{"product_id":"grand-rapids-paperback","title":"Grand Rapids - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNatasha Stagg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new novel from the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eSurveys\u003c\/i\u003e, set in the Michigan suburbs of the early 2000s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInstalled alongside the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, Alexander Calder's public sculpture \u003ci\u003eLa Grande Vitesse\u003c\/i\u003e has come to symbolize the city. Tess moves there from Ypsilanti, Michigan in 2001--the same year that her mother dies, when everything begins to move, for her, in slow motion. Thrust into adolescence nearly rudderless, fifteen-year-old Tess is intoxicated, angsty, and sexually awake. A decade later, inspired by diary entries and TV reruns, she remembers this summer in the suburbs as the one that redefined her. Its echoes of death are frozen in time like the waves represented in the Calder sculpture or the concrete steps leading down to the churning river. She comes to see Grand Rapids as a collection of architecture and emblems, another home to which she cannot return.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatasha Stagg is the author of \u003ci\u003eSurveys: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), \u003ci\u003eSleeveless: Fashion, Image, Media, New York 2011-2019\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), and \u003ci\u003eArtless: Stories 2019-2023\u003c\/i\u003e (2023). She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987679019309,"sku":"9781635902570","price":19.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/dof87OPgZ9781635902570.webp?v=1776183434","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/grand-rapids-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}