{"product_id":"crow-lake-9780385337632","title":"Crow Lake","description":"\u003cb\u003eCrow Lake\u003c\/b\u003e is that rare find, a first novel so quietly assured, so emotionally pitch perfect, you know from the opening page that this is the real thing--a literary experience in which to lose yourself, by an author of immense talent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is a gorgeous, slow-burning story set in the rural \"badlands\" of northern Ontario, where heartbreak and hardship are mirrored in the landscape. For the farming Pye family, life is a Greek tragedy where the sins of the fathers are visited on the sons, and terrible events occur--offstage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCenterstage are the Morrisons, whose tragedy looks more immediate if less brutal, but is, in reality, insidious and divisive. Orphaned young, Kate Morrison was her older brother Matt's protegee, her fascination for pond life fed by his passionate interest in the natural world. Now a zoologist, she can identify organisms under a microscope but seems blind to the state of her own emotional life. And she thinks she's outgrown her siblings--Luke, Matt, and Bo--who were once her entire world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this universal drama of family love and misunderstandings, of resentments harbored and driven underground, Lawson ratchets up the tension with heartbreaking humor and consummate control, continually overturning one's expectations right to the very end. Tragic, funny, unforgettable, \u003cb\u003eCrow Lake\u003c\/b\u003e is a quiet tour de force that will catapult Mary Lawson to the forefront of fiction writers today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Lawson was born and brought up in a farming community in Ontario. After graduating from McGill University she went to England for a holiday and stayed on; she lives there still, with her husband and sons, though she returns to Canada every year.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647453794578,"sku":"9780385337632","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_90d47f21-0f03-4cc2-a29b-01233b8179c8.jpg?v=1765356445","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crow-lake-9780385337632","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}