{"product_id":"the-night-field-9781529422672","title":"The Night Field","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magnificent, moving ecological fable: welcome to The Real, where Pyn-Poi's people live in harmony with nature - until a brown fog threatens their whole world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Pyn-Poi's mother Marak wants her to grow up to be the matriarch of the tribe, learning how to cook, to make medicines, how to care for everyone, but Pyn-Poi would rather be out among the trees like her father Sook-Sook, learning how persuade tree roots into bridges, to feel when shoots are too crowded, when drooping leaves need attention. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then something starts going wrong in The Real: when the rains come, instead of nourishment, they bring a stinking brown fog that's poisoning people and plants alike. Pyn-Poi is the treewoman now: it's her job. Their only chance is for her to climb to the land beyond the Wall, where the Ancestors live, to plead for their intercession. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pyn-Poi never expected to find a whole new world up there, with people who are very different from her own family and friends - a land where they are killing nature, and that's killing The Real. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe trees have a job for Pyn-Poi, and to succeed, she is going to have to be brave and strong and true - no matter what.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ​\"A moving ecological fable, written with her signature grace and compassion\" -Elaine Isaak, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Singer's Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mobius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529422672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400","brand":"Donna Glee Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42881839857845,"sku":"9781529422672","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4fbd7be0-512c-4815-8dc3-2b8845cdc242.jpg?v=1685418467","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-night-field-9781529422672","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}