{"product_id":"ensoulment-9781947175891","title":"Ensoulment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2025 THOMAS E KENNEDY NOVEL AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnsoulment, \u003c\/em\u003ethe moment at which a human being gains a soul...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of epiphany, rebirth, and the mysterious forces that draw two disparate lives together in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwimming in a secluded lake near her Georgia home, 40-something waitress Phoebe is startled by a figure watching her from the shore. When she exits the water, nearly blind without her glasses, the stranger wrestles her to the stony ground and assaults her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHundreds of miles north, family man and successful attorney George Paxton pauses in the midst of mowing his lawn to stretch out on the grass. Staring up into the vast blue sky he sees a dirigible float by overhead--a sight so inexplicably stirring, George vows to ply the skies in such a craft himself--consequences be damned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnsoulment follows Phoebe as she juggles low paid work and an unforeseen pregnancy, and George as his obsession with airships compels him to abandon his marriage and lucrative career. Each shed the lives they have known to embrace the souls they were born to be, drawing toward each other in the process--in spirit and, ultimately, in fact, when George, aloft in his dirigible, is brought down to earth-and into Phoebe's world-by a raging storm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Forrest Castle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Serving House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947175891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Susan Forrest Castle \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47711927271581,"sku":"9781947175891","price":49.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_63173a32-e8bb-4c54-82b1-6d228380615a.jpg?v=1773170603","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/ensoulment-9781947175891","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}