{"product_id":"crow-lake-9780385337632","title":"Crow Lake","description":"\u003cb\u003eCrow Lake\u003c\/b\u003e is that rare find, a first novel so quietly assured, so emotionally pitch perfect, you know from the opening page that this is the real thing--a literary experience in which to lose yourself, by an author of immense talent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is a gorgeous, slow-burning story set in the rural \"badlands\" of northern Ontario, where heartbreak and hardship are mirrored in the landscape. For the farming Pye family, life is a Greek tragedy where the sins of the fathers are visited on the sons, and terrible events occur--offstage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCenterstage are the Morrisons, whose tragedy looks more immediate if less brutal, but is, in reality, insidious and divisive. Orphaned young, Kate Morrison was her older brother Matt's protegee, her fascination for pond life fed by his passionate interest in the natural world. Now a zoologist, she can identify organisms under a microscope but seems blind to the state of her own emotional life. And she thinks she's outgrown her siblings--Luke, Matt, and Bo--who were once her entire world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this universal drama of family love and misunderstandings, of resentments harbored and driven underground, Lawson ratchets up the tension with heartbreaking humor and consummate control, continually overturning one's expectations right to the very end. Tragic, funny, unforgettable, \u003cb\u003eCrow Lake\u003c\/b\u003e is a quiet tour de force that will catapult Mary Lawson to the forefront of fiction writers today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dial Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385337632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.36h x 5.52w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Libris Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/02\/2003 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 Mar\/Apr 2003\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2003 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2003 pg. 1388\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 Reading Grp 04\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2004 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e70626 \/ Crow Lake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.5 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mary Lawson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916878614709,"sku":"9780385337632","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_015cc0ea-5bf0-419b-bf14-00e9a18aa278.jpg?v=1687272813","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/crow-lake-9780385337632","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}