{"product_id":"mauds-line-9780544705241","title":"Maud's Line","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, this debut novel chronicles the life and loves of a headstrong, earthy, and magnetic heroine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eEastern Oklahoma, 1928. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEighteen-year-old Maud Nail lives with her rogue father and sensitive brother on one of the allotments parceled out by the US Government to the Cherokees when their land was confiscated for Oklahoma's statehood. Maud's days are filled with hard work and simple pleasures, but often marked by violence and tragedy, a fact that she accepts with determined practicality. Her prospects for a better life are slim, but when a newcomer with good looks and books rides down her section line, she takes notice. Soon she finds herself facing a series of high-stakes decisions that will determine her future and those of her loved ones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaud's Line \u003c\/em\u003eis accessible, sensuous, and vivid. It will sit on the bookshelf alongside novels by Jim Harrison, Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, and other beloved chroniclers of the American West and its people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARGARET VERBLE, an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, has set her novel on her family's allotment land. She currently lives in Lexington, Kentucky, and Old Windsor, England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50634685120786,"sku":"9780544705241","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ecf0c513-6bc8-4c57-bfd3-634688a6c531.jpg?v=1732821356","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mauds-line-9780544705241","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}