{"product_id":"the-marriage-bed-9781958888636","title":"The Marriage Bed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA freak accident comes on the heels of a startling revelation--laying bare the foundation of a marriage, and a husband is left to grapple with the aftermath.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA poetry professor at a small college in Asheville, NC, Asa Flowers, comes home one stormy evening to find his wife Betsy inexplicably distraught. As the evening goes on, the couple end up in a heated argument that sends Asa to sleep out in their garage apartment for the first time in twenty-five years of marriage. The next morning, he wakes to blue sky and an altered world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfolding over a few tense weeks and told from multiple points of view, this novel explores how a tragedy can assume as many shapes as the people it touches. Asa finds himself reckoning with torn feelings about his marriage and confusion about how to proceed in his complicated relationships with his adult children. As he gradually absorbs revelations--so much he didn't know or understand during his long marriage--he finds himself drawn uneasily toward a new world, one in which he must shed much of his old identity if he is to survive, and more important, rededicate himself to being a father. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tommy Hays\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781958888636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTommy Hays\u003c\/b\u003e is an acclaimed Southern writer, whose fiction grows out of his emotional connections to places he's lived and known--Greenville, South Carolina; Asheville, North Carolina; and Atlanta. His novels are \u003ci\u003eThe Pleasure Was Mine\u003c\/i\u003e (St. Martin's Press 2005), \u003ci\u003eIn the Family Way\u003c\/i\u003e (Random House, 1999), \u003ci\u003eSam's Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e (Atheneum 1992), and YA novel \u003ci\u003eWhat I Came to Tell You\u003c\/i\u003e (Egmont, USA 2013). He has published stories, profiles and book reviews in magazines, newspapers and literary journals such as \u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOur State\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Charlotte Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmoky Mountain Living\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStill: The Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chattahoochee Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003estorySouth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eThe winner of many literary awards, he is founder and former Executive Director of the Great Smokies Writing Program, UNC Asheville's community writing program as well as Lecturer Emeritus in the Master of Liberal Arts program. He is based in Asheville, NC.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Tommy Hays \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47792951984285,"sku":"9781958888636","price":47.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_86892b75-8353-485d-ac4b-dbccd7966361.jpg?v=1774985419","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-marriage-bed-9781958888636","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}