{"product_id":"the-river-beyond-the-world-9780312169862","title":"The River Beyond the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Book Award Finalist for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the Texas\/Mexico border country in the years from 1944 to the present, \u003ci\u003eThe River Beyond the World \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of two women on the edge of sexual, moral, political, and spiritual divides. Luisa Cant  is a girl from a Sierra Madre mountain village. After being impregnated in a fertility ritual of ancient origin, she leaves Mexico to work in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas as a housemaid for Mrs. Eddie Hatch, a woman with a strong will and a narrow worldview. Their complex relationship--by turns mystical and pragmatic, serious and comic--reveals the many ways human beings can wound one another, the nature of love and sacrifice, and the possibility of forgiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312169862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.08w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/02\/1997 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Janet Peery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41839246999733,"sku":"9780312169862","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ae4dd1be-2d45-41cb-926d-a92ed4df98fe.jpg?v=1646729910","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-river-beyond-the-world-9780312169862","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}