{"product_id":"neverhome-9780316370165","title":"Neverhome","description":"She calls herself Ash, but that's not her real name. She is a farmer's faithful wife, but she has left her husband to don the uniform of a Union soldier in the Civil War. \u003ci\u003eNeverhome tells the harrowing story of Ash Thompson during the battle for the South. Through bloodshed and hysteria and heartbreak, she becomes a hero, a folk legend, a madwoman and a traitor to the American cause. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Laird Hunt's dazzling novel throws a light on the adventurous women who chose to fight instead of stay behind. It is also a mystery story: why did Ash leave and her husband stay? Why can she not return? What will she have to go through to make it back home? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In gorgeous prose, Hunt's rebellious young heroine fights her way through history, and back home to her husband, and finally into our hearts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaird Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight novels, a collection of stories, and two book-length translations from the French. A 2024 recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship for Fiction, he is also the winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction, the Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine, the Bridge Prize and a finalist for the National Book Award, the Pen\/Faulkner and the Prix Femina Étranger. Hunt's reviews and essays have been published in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and many others. He teaches in the Department of Literary Arts at Brown University and lives in Providence.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503246938386,"sku":"9780316370165","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_297e9de7-dde2-4b57-9438-49a33522e9d1.jpg?v=1730786182","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/neverhome-9780316370165","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}