{"product_id":"far-to-go-9780062034625","title":"Far to Go","description":"\"Deftlystructured and . . . seamless.\" --\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail \u003c\/em\u003e(Toronto)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"[A]nuanced and layered portrait of betrayal. . . . The strength of \u003cem\u003eFar to Go\u003c\/em\u003elies in Pick's ability to show precisely why one person could turn on another, how a single word spoken on impulse could have devastating results.\" --\u003cem\u003eMontrealGazette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlison Pick, acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sweet Edge\u003c\/em\u003e, delivers the moving and suspenseful story of an affluentJewish family in Czechoslovakia at the onset of World War II, and the governesswho forever alters their future when she seeks shelter in their midst.Interwoven with a present-day narrative revealing each character's fates after thewar, \u003cem\u003eFar to Go \u003c\/em\u003eis an emotionallyvivid, masterfully wrought narrative that the \u003cem\u003eMontreal Gazette \u003c\/em\u003ecalls, \"an intriguing experiment in the art ofstorytelling.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePick, Alison:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAlison Pick was the Bronwen Wallace Award winner for the most promising writer under thirty-five in Canada. Her first novel is \u003cem\u003eThe Sweet Edge\u003c\/em\u003e, and her second novel, the bestseller \u003cem\u003eFar to Go\u003c\/em\u003e, was nominated for the Man Booker Prize, won the Canadian Jewish Book Award for Fiction, and was named a \"Top 10 of 2010\" book by the \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eBetween Gods\u003c\/em\u003e, named a \"Best Book\" by both the \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e and CBC, has been nominated for the prestigious BC National Award for Nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317929939218,"sku":"9780062034625","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f3bb2389-abe8-4a6a-95b5-f6dbd59fd1dd.jpg?v=1727543044","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/far-to-go-9780062034625","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}