{"product_id":"lost-river-1918-9781948585514","title":"Lost River, 1918","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost River\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e has the feel of an instant classic.\" Anthony McGowan, Carnegie Medal Winner.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLost River\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the Van Beest family, which inherits a house at the edge of a magical forest where the dead return from the afterlife. When 10-year-old Anne's mother, a midwife, delivers a stillborn baby and her father, a mortician, accidentally brings that infant back to life, the Van Beests find themselves at the center of a drama that raises questions about the relationship between the living and the dead. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaith Shearin's\u003c\/b\u003e books of poetry include: \u003ci\u003eThe Owl Question\u003c\/i\u003e (May Swenson Award), \u003ci\u003eMoving the Piano\u003c\/i\u003e (SFA University Press), \u003ci\u003eTelling the Bees\u003c\/i\u003e (SFA University Press), \u003ci\u003eOrpheus, Turning\u003c\/i\u003e (Dogfish Head Poetry Prize), \u003ci\u003eDarwin's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e (SFA University Press), and \u003ci\u003eLost Language\u003c\/i\u003e (Press 53). Her short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Missouri Review, Meridian, Literal Latte, Atticus Review, Frigg\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBellevue Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e among others. She has received awards from Yaddo, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Barbara Deming Memorial Fund and The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Recent work has been read aloud on The Writer's Almanac and included in American Life in Poetry. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Leapfrog Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50913010712850,"sku":"9781948585514","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c3065b02-0661-47c0-9da4-42b267366e0b.jpg?v=1738779903","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lost-river-1918-9781948585514","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}