{"product_id":"lookout-9781646052295","title":"Lookout","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in Rural Montana, \u003ci\u003eLookout\u003c\/i\u003e centers on the dual coming-of-age of a girl and her father amid the natural and cultural forces that shape their family. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLookout\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the Kinzlers, a complex working-class family firmly rooted in northwestern Montana. Josiah and Margaret Kinzler have forged an unusual bond marked by both tenderness and distance; their daughters, Cody and Louisa, grow up watching their parents navigate what it means to be true to yourself and what that costs. \u003ci\u003eLookout\u003c\/i\u003e offers a gripping dual coming-of-age: Cody's from stoic ranch kid to hotshot firefighter to resilient woman learning to rely on others, and Josiah's as he struggles to thrive in a world that has misunderstood him. Bound by their love of the land, the Kinzlers work to bridge the gaps created by what they leave unspoken. \u003ci\u003eLookout\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life a family coming out to itself, at home in a new and nuanced American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Byl\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDirt Work: An Education in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e (Beacon Press, 2013), a book about trail crews, tools, wildness, and labor; it was short-listed for the 2014 Willa Award in nonfiction. Her prose has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train Stories, The Sun, Crazyhorse, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Brevity\u003c\/i\u003e, among other journals and anthologies. A grant recipient from the Rasmuson Foundation and the Alaska State Council on the Arts, and winner of the Alaska Literary Award in 2015, Byl has been a fellow at Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and writer-in-residence for Fishtrap's Writer-in-the-Schools program. Christine has worked as a professional trail-builder for more than twenty-five years; she lives with her family in Interior Alaska on the homelands of the Dene.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Strange Object","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50612310966546,"sku":"9781646052295","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e1a8da41-b237-4900-85bb-665f0428600f.jpg?v=1752577072","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lookout-9781646052295","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}