{"product_id":"the-curious-calling-of-leonard-bush-hardcover","title":"The Curious Calling of Leonard Bush - Hardcover","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\u003eSusan Gregg Gilmore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYoung Leonard Bush buries his lost leg and saves his whole East Tennessee town in this winsome and miracle-making novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen twelve-year-old Leonard Bush loses his leg in a freak accident, he decides to give his leg a proper burial in the hilltop cemetery of his East Tennessee town. This event somehow sets off a chain of miraculous and catastrophic events--upending the lives of Leonard's rigidly God-fearing mother, June; his deeply conflicted father, Emmett; and his best friend, Azalea, and her mother, Rose, who is also the town prostitute. While the local Baptist minister passes judgment on events and promises dire consequences, the people of this small community on the banks of Big Sugar move together toward awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Gilmore's love of storytelling flows naturally from her Tennessee roots. She's the daughter of a revival preacher's son, brought up on the land and streams that populate this novel that is, as Appalachian novelist Lee Smith says, a \"homespun \u003ci\u003ePilgrim's Progress\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Gregg Gilmore\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Calling of Leonard Bush\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Improper Life of Bezellia Grove\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Funeral Dress\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for the \u003ci\u003eChattanooga Times Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Nashville, she lives in Tennessee with her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52009170567469,"sku":"9781958888551","price":27.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/4iZLOCAd019781958888551.webp?v=1776826255","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-curious-calling-of-leonard-bush-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}