{"product_id":"a-lost-lady-9780679728870","title":"A Lost Lady","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Lost Lady \u003c\/i\u003eis the portrait of a frontier woman who reflects the conventions of her age even as she defies them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo the people of Sweet Water, a fading railroad town on the Western plains, Mrs. Forrester is the resident aristocrat, at once gracious and comfortably remote. To her aging husband she is a treasure whose value increases as his powers fail. To Niel Herbert, who falls in love with her as a boy and becomes her confidant as a man, Mrs. Forrester is by turns steadfast and faithless, dazzling and pathetic: a woman whose charm is intertwined with a terrifying vulnerability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWILLA CATHER\u003c\/b\u003e, author of twelve novels, including \u003ci\u003eO Pioneers!, My ?ntonia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDeath Comes for the Archbishop\u003c\/i\u003e, was born in Virginia in 1873 but grew up in Nebraska, where many of her novels are set. She died in 1947 in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726445941010,"sku":"9780679728870","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_25271276-24b0-40d4-838e-cca0a84935c4.jpg?v=1748528159","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-lost-lady-9780679728870","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}