{"product_id":"child-in-the-valley-9781938235795","title":"Child in the Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Joshua Gaines is the orphaned foster son of a failed doctor on the run from his father's debt. In 1849, he travels to Independence, Missouri and falls in with the mysterious, four-fingered Renard, and his companion, formerly-enslaved Free Ray. Joshua offers his medical expertise to their party, and together they embark on the fifteen-hundred mile overland journey to Gold Rush California. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollowing the hardship, disease, and death on the trail, the company abandons panning the river in favor of robbery and murder. Engulfed by violence, the young doctor-turned-marauder must reckon with his own morality, his growing desire for the men around him, and the brutality that has haunted him all his life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor fans of \u003cem\u003eThe Revenant\u003c\/em\u003eand Ian McGuire's \u003cem\u003eThe North Water\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChild in the Valley \u003c\/em\u003eis a gorgeously rendered tale cut from the turmoil of a fledgling America. Gordy Sauer's careful eye and penetrating literary lens offers a modern, incisive look into the complexities of masculinity, isolation, and the impenetrable nature of greed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hub City Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938235795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gordy Sauer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40601337725109,"sku":"9781938235795","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b7e5c037-a36f-4129-8150-48bc86bc3f2a.jpg?v=1627361635","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/child-in-the-valley-9781938235795","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}