{"product_id":"the-dockporter-a-mackinac-island-novel","title":"The Dockporter: A Mackinac Island Novel","description":"SUMMER NEVER ENDS!\nA Michigan Notable Books selection for 2021.\n\nIt's the summer of 1989. Jack McGuinn is a dockporter, transporting tourists’ luggage piled high in his bike basket on Mackinac Island, Michigan, a tiny summer resort where cars are outlawed and pedal-power rules.\nHe’s wired the season tight: a family cottage on the bluff, a dream job, and a loyal crew of hell-raising, tip-hustling buddies. When his old friend-turned-bitter rival challenges him to ride a record-setting load, he takes the bet and soon realizes he’s not just carrying suitcases; he’s carrying the future of the island, which is about to be paved over for profit.\nWith the help of his pals on the dock and the love of a romantic, free-spirited Irish cellist named Erin, Jack digs deep to discover skills he didn't know he had.\nThe Dockporter is an offbeat, nostalgic coming-of age-story that appeals to anyone who ever had a summer job. If Rushmore director Wes Anderson remade Caddyshack, but it emerged as a hybrid of Footloose and Meatballs (and was a book), it would be The Dockporter. Genre-smashing, hilariously fresh, yet refreshingly familiar, it's a novel about friends, family, love, luggage, and the summers we never forget.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B091F75KFG\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: HBSV.B091F75KFG.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:McVeigh, Dave|Bolone, Jim\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book is in very good condition and has little to no writing, underlining, and or highlighting. Cover may have some cosmetic wear.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The Happy Book Stack ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67598439088429,"sku":"HBSV.B091F75KFG.VG","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/6799\/6205\/files\/B091F75KFG-0.jpg?v=1790973559","url":"https:\/\/www.thehappybookstack.com\/products\/the-dockporter-a-mackinac-island-novel","provider":"The Happy Book Stack ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}