{"product_id":"junction-utah-9780977785612","title":"Junction, Utah","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER, Ellen Meloy Desert Writers Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER, WILLA in Original Softcover Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHONOREE, indieB.R.A.G. Medallion in Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eA fresh female voice and a bold take on environmental awareness. Great read!\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eWomen Writing the West\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNomadic whitewater guide Madeline Kruse finds herself drawn to the wild rivers of Utah and the tiny town of Junction.\u003c\/strong\u003e After a life on the run from her painful past, there's something-and someone-in Junction that draws her in and away from everything she's known. But when outside forces threaten the land and waters she's fallen for as well as the people she's left back home, she must choose: return to her roots to recover what's left of her family or make a stand in the new place she's come to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis debut novel about everything at stake in a forgotten corner of the West\u003c\/strong\u003e \"keeps so many dazzling balls in the air: war, love, activism, wilderness-and always, always, the most dazzling ball of all-Lawton's dazzling descriptions of nature.\" - Jill Koenigsdorg, author of \u003cem\u003ePhoebe and the Ghost of Chagall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLawton, Rebecca:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Rebecca Lawton is an award-winning author and former fluvial geologist and Colorado River guide. Her essays and stories have been published in Aeon, Audubon, Orion, The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Sierra, and many other journals. She has published ten books on water, science, and the outdoors, and has teamed with other researchers on numerous technical articles. Her literary awards include a Fulbright Visiting Research Chair, Nautilus Book Award, Ellen Meloy Fund Award for Desert Writers, Waterston Desert Writing Prize, WILLA Award for original softcover fiction, and Pushcart Prize nominations in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.Rebecca river-guided commercially and served as a National Park Service river ranger in the Grand Canyon and other wilderness areas for fourteen seasons. She has researched and presented on climate and water communication as an invited speaker and freelance writer.","brand":"Wavegirl Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50485340799250,"sku":"9780977785612","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d913b6db-1749-4bee-9d74-94eeacd62515.jpg?v=1730403278","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/junction-utah-9780977785612","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}