{"product_id":"river-people-9781989725757","title":"River People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRiver People\u003c\/i\u003e is Wayne Curtis's collection of short stories set in the Miramichi River Valley of New Brunswick. As always, he brings his keen observation and insights to his writing, describing the landscape and the inhabitants with candour but also a heartfelt empathy, for this is territory of both land and soul with which he is so familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCurtis chronicles the disappointment of a refined British war bride when she marries a New Brunswick woodsman, the terrible hold a youthful love affair has on a young man throughout his life, the need to belong for children of a youth home, the consequences of first-time passion for a girl and the boy who loves her, and the weight of responsibility burdening a lad who has a brief glimpse of what life in town could be like for him.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShimmering in each story is Curtis's love for the great river and the woods, for the bounties they provide and the hardships for those people tied to the backbreaking work required to make a living from them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pottersfield Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781989725757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260","brand":"Wayne Curtis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41993124708533,"sku":"9781989725757","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bb7937bc-f6ac-4d64-b19c-0e09a2d56c68.jpg?v=1648523738","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/river-people-9781989725757","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}