{"product_id":"tears-in-the-grass-9781459732117","title":"Tears in the Grass","description":"\u003ci\u003eLambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction -- Shortlisted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFor Elinor Greystone, the only way forward is back into the past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e At ninety years of age, Elinor, a Saskatchewan Cree artist, inveterate roll-your-own smoker, and talker to rivers and stuffed bison, sets out to find something that was stolen almost a lifetime ago. With what little time she has left, she is determined to find the child taken from her after she, only a child herself, was raped at a residential school.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It is 1968, and a harsh winter and harsher attitudes await Elinor, her daughter, and her granddaughter as they set out on an odyssey to right past wrongs, enduring a present that tests their spirit and chips away at their aboriginal heritage. Confronting a history of trauma, racism, love, and cultural survival, \u003ci\u003eTears in the Grass\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of an unflagging woman searching for the courage to open her heart to a world that tried to tear it out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459732117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Lynda A. Archer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38013748904117,"sku":"9781459732117","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9f717876-9748-47f8-bdcb-6d3dcd715f16.jpg?v=1609143083","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tears-in-the-grass-9781459732117","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}