{"product_id":"answer-creek-9781631528446","title":"Answer Creek","description":"From the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eEliza Waite\u003c\/i\u003e comes a gripping tale of adventure and survival based on the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party on their 2,200-mile trek on the Oregon-California Trail from 1846 to '47. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nineteen-year-old Ada Weeks confronts danger and calamity along the hazard-filled journey to California. After a fateful decision that delays the overlanders more than a month, she--along with eighty-one other members of the Donner Party--finds herself stranded at Truckee Lake on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, stuck there for the entirety of a despairing, blizzard-filled winter. Forced to eat shoe leather and blankets to survive, will Ada be able to battle the elements--and her own demons--as she envisions a new life in California? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Researched with impeccable detail and filled with imagery as wide as the western prairie, \u003ci\u003eAnswer Creek\u003c\/i\u003e blends history and hearsay in an unforgettable story of challenging the limits of human endurance and experiencing the triumphant power of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSweeney, Ashley E.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ashley E. Sweeney is the winner of the 2017 Nancy Pearl Book Award for her debut novel, \u003cem\u003eEliza Waite\u003c\/em\u003e. A native New Yorker, she is a graduate of Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, and resides in the Pacific Northwest and Tucson. \u003cem\u003eAnswer Creek\u003c\/em\u003e is her second novel.","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50516177420562,"sku":"9781631528446","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_00d9d89f-574a-4f8b-8742-26852fe74714.jpg?v=1731020526","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/answer-creek-9781631528446","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}