The Fugitive Wife

The year is 1900 in gold-prospecting Alaska. Essie, a Midwestern farm girl fleeing from a stormy marriage, joins up with prospectors bound for Nome, where the golden sands teem with dreamers, schemers, and high rollers. When Leonard, Essie's stubborn and volatile husband, travels north, astonishing scenes of pursuit, sacrifice, and crucial decision rise to a conclusion that is both surprising and inevitable. Powerfully evoking a past world and the variable territory of the heart, this novel establishes Peter C. Brown as a consummate storyteller. Reading group guide included.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 01/01/2007
ISBN: 9780393329759
Pages: 414
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.16h x 5.50w x 0.98d

Review Citations: Kliatt 05/01/2007 pg. 22