{"product_id":"greasewood-creek-9781582437705","title":"Greasewood Creek","description":"\u003cb\u003eWritten with the precision of Cynthia Ozick and the blunt passion of Alice Munro, this riveting story takes place on a landscape--the deserts of Eastern Oregon--itself a deeply important character in this remarkable first novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvery is no stranger to the weight of loss, the way it shapes and defines the expanse of a life. The death of her sister, when Avery was just a child herself, engulfed her and her family--a mother driven mad, a father who disappeared, and all the while, neighbors and friends ignoring and surviving. The loss shades Avery's full being, becoming a deep part of her past and her future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a young woman, Avery's life in Eastern Oregon ranch country is filled with an acquired family: her partner Davis Lovell, a ranch hand and father figure; Lennie, Lovell's daughter; and Davis's grandparents. When Avery suffers the loss of her and Davis's newborn child, it triggers and revives in her a familiar sense of guilt, one she has carried since childhood over the disintegration of her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePamela Steele\u003c\/b\u003e was born in West Virginia, and grew up between Oregon and Tennessee. She received her MFA in Poetry from Spalding University and her poetry collection \u003ci\u003ePaper Bird\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for an Oregon Book Award in 2008. She currently teaches composition classes at Blue Mountain Community College in Hermiston, Oregon.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52128892354834,"sku":"9781582437705","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_76b76fa3-b9d7-47f9-b13b-f6935193f97f.jpg?v=1773822970","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/greasewood-creek-9781582437705","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}