{"product_id":"and-she-was-9780060597719","title":"And She Was","description":"\u003cp\u003eSweeping across centuries and into the Aleutian Islands of Alaska's Bering Sea, \u003cem\u003eAnd She Was\u003c\/em\u003e begins with a decision and a broken taboo when three starving Aleut mothers decide to take their fate into their own hands. Two hundred and fifty years later, by the time Brandy, a floundering, trashy, Latin-spewing cocktail waitress, steps ashore in the 1980s, Unalaska Island has absorbed their dark secret--a secret that is both salvation and shame. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a tense interplay between past and present, \u003cem\u003eAnd She Was\u003c\/em\u003e explores Aleut history, mummies, conquest, survival, and the seamy side of the 1980s in a fishing boomtown at the edge of the world, where a lost woman struggles to understand the gray shades between heroism and evil, and between freedom and bondage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDyson, Cindy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eThe author of eight books for young adults, Cindy Dyson grew up in Alaska. Her work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eNational Geographic, Backpacker, First for Women, Women's World\u003c\/em\u003e, and other publications. She now lives near Glacier Park, Montana.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409406398738,"sku":"9780060597719","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bafc283c-ad33-459f-9a78-8f9d74a3077a.jpg?v=1729286497","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/and-she-was-9780060597719","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}