"A sweeping and enchanting new novel from the widely beloved, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken about three generations of an unconventional New England family who own and operate a candlepin bowling alley"-- Bertha Truitt has always been an enigma to people in Salford, Massachusetts. She was discovered unconscious in a cemetery at the turn of the twentieth century-- nothing but a bowling ball, a candlepin, and fifteen pounds of gold on her...

Mitchell loves to knock things down . . . So one Saturday, his dad takes him bowling.

"A funny and bittersweet story about two friends, a graphic novelist and a chef, who seize an unlikely opportunity to reinvest their lives, quitting their service industry jobs to restore an old bowling center and serve the 'world's greatest pizza' "--Publisher's website (https://phoenixoregonmovie.com/) viewed July 30, 2020.

Catalina "Cat" Duran and her sixth-grade class are on a bowling trip, but in one lane the ball keeps going mysteriously off track, so the four friends decide to investigate the problem.