{"product_id":"a-sudden-country-9780812973433","title":"A Sudden Country","description":"A vivid and revelatory novel based on actual events of the 1847 Oregon migration, \u003cb\u003eA Sudden Country\u003c\/b\u003e follows two characters of remarkable complexity and strength in a journey of survival and redemption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames MacLaren, once a resourceful and ambitious Hudson's Bay Company trader, has renounced his aspirations for a quiet family life in the Bitterroot wilderness. Yet his life is overturned in the winter of 1846, when his Nez Perce wife deserts him and his children die of smallpox. In the grip of a profound sorrow, MacLaren, whose home once spanned a continent, sets out to find his wife. But an act of secret vengeance changes his course, introducing him to a different wife and mother: Lucy Mitchell, journeying westward with her family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucy, a remarried widow, careful mother, and reluctant emigrant, is drawn at once to the self-possessed MacLaren. Convinced that he is the key to her family's safe passage, she persuades her husband to employ him. As their hidden stories and obsessions unfold, and pasts and cultures collide, both Lucy and MacLaren must confront the people they have truly been, are, and may become. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlive with incident and insight, presenting with rare scope and intimacy the complex relations among nineteenth-century traders, immigrants, and Native Americans, \u003cb\u003e A Sudden Country\u003c\/b\u003e is, above all, a heroic and unforgettable story of love and loss, sacrifice and understanding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812973433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.26w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington State Book Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/23\/2006 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/18\/2006 pg. 141\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Karen Fisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45000431206581,"sku":"9780812973433","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ef05f772-9017-4656-9ef9-e788eca2583f.jpg?v=1736264753","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-sudden-country-9780812973433","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}