{"product_id":"the-grist-mill-bone-paperback","title":"The Grist Mill Bone - 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\u003eB. B. Shamp\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmidst the rural beauty of a tidal peninsula, a dog uncovers a cache of bones in the woods. Quietly, a priest refuses a starving man a ride to a free dinner. A woman finds a decomposed body floating the marsh by her farmhouse. Through it all, an old woman with no heirs makes unreasonable demands of the young attorney who writes her will. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the proof of evil is a boy, imprisoned in a cellar, toiling for his bitter father and learning a lesson that leaves a legacy. As a homeless adult he inhabits a ruined grist mill on the banks of a silted creek. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClaire McIntosh and her husband Booker discover what links these cascading events during the old woman's lifetime and in doing so, they risk everything that is valuable to them-their family, their home, and one another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Grist Mill Bone weaves two timelines from historical events in coastal Maryland with imagined events on the Delaware shore. Colloquialisms are sprinkled throughout small town life as joy and sorrow give the reader heart in a place, time, and people they know on the Eastern Shore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThird Haven, \u003c\/i\u003e won the first place award from the National Federation of Press Women and the Delaware Press Association as the prequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Grist Mill Bone\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2018, \u003ci\u003eThe Grist Mill Bone\u003c\/i\u003e became a finalist in regional fiction for the international Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Its cover design by Booklocker was a finalist for the Da Vinci Eye from the Eric Hoffer Awards. B. B. Shamp's next novel, \u003ci\u003eA Wife in Watercolor, \u003c\/i\u003e a work of historical fiction based on the MacIntosh family, will be available in fall of 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45698010841285,"sku":"9781795521109","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/OTFldEJRYnFVbFp5SjVNUS9yQUpRUT09.webp?v=1769361800","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-grist-mill-bone-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}