{"product_id":"heroes-of-the-frontier-9780451493804","title":"Heroes of the Frontier","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A picaresque adventure and spiritual coming-of-age tale -- \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e crossed with \u003ci\u003eHenderson the Rain King\u003c\/i\u003e... Deeply affecting.\" --Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLonglisted for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA captivating, often hilarious novel of family and wilderness from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a powerful examination of our contemporary life and a rousing story of adventure.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Josie and her children's father have split up, she's been sued by a former patient and lost her dental practice, and she's grieving the death of a young man senselessly killed. When her ex asks to take the children to meet his new fiancée's family, Josie makes a run for it, figuring Alaska is about as far as she can get without a passport. Josie and her kids, Paul and Ana, rent a rattling old RV named the Chateau, and at first their trip feels like a vacation: They see bears and bison, they eat hot dogs cooked on a bonfire, and they spend nights parked along icy cold rivers in dark forests. But as they drive, pushed north by the ubiquitous wildfires, Josie is chased by enemies both real and imagined, past mistakes pursuing her tiny family, even to the very edge of civilization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A tremendous new novel from the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeroes of the Frontier \u003c\/i\u003eis the darkly comic story of a mother and her two young children on a journey through an Alaskan wilderness plagued by wildfires and a uniquely American madness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDAVE EGGERS is the author of many books, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Circle, The Eyes and the Impossible, The Monk of Mokha, A Hologram for the King, What Is the What\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Museum of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the cofounder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing and tutoring center which has inspired dozens of similar nonprofit organizations around the world, and the founder of McSweeney's, an independent publisher. He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and is the recipient of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education, and the American Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589759959314,"sku":"9780451493804","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20444611-72ea-4043-a0d6-92e81ccbe6c4.jpg?v=1756805282","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/heroes-of-the-frontier-9780451493804","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}