{"product_id":"fireweed-9780803297586","title":"Fireweed","description":"Mildred Walker was immediately recognized for the quality of her first fiction in 1934. \u003ci\u003eFireweed \u003c\/i\u003ewon the prestigious Avery and Jule Hopwood Award. The setting is a small lumber town in Upper Michigan, the stomping grounds of Paul Bunyan and the giants of Swedish, German, and Finnish lore. Young Celie and her husband, Joe Linsen, are the children of Scandinavian pioneers. Radios and flivvers have enlarged her world, and she longs to escape from an isolated place where wild violet fireweed grows to the edge of the woods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnick Smith is a freelance writer, editor, and filmmaker. Her story, \"It's Come to This,\" appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories, 1992\u003c\/i\u003e. She was coeditor, with William Kittredge, of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e. Her film credits include \u003ci\u003eHeartland\u003c\/i\u003e (executive producer) and \u003ci\u003eA River Runs Through It\u003c\/i\u003e (coproducer).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328452038930,"sku":"9780803297586","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7d7d3853-df30-4f83-99fb-173a721a452a.jpg?v=1727740396","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fireweed-9780803297586","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}