{"product_id":"one-for-the-blackbird-one-for-the-crow-9781542091145","title":"One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ragged Edge of Night\u003c\/i\u003e comes a powerful and poetic novel of survival and sacrifice on the American frontier.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWyoming, 1876. For as long as they have lived on the frontier, the Bemis and Webber families have relied on each other. With no other settlers for miles, it is a matter of survival. But when Ernest Bemis finds his wife, Cora, in a compromising situation with their neighbor, he doesn't think of survival. In one impulsive moment, a man is dead, Ernest is off to prison, and the women left behind are divided by rage and remorse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLosing her husband to Cora's indiscretion is another hardship for stoic Nettie Mae. But as a brutal Wyoming winter bears down, Cora and Nettie Mae have no choice but to come together as one family--to share the duties of working the land and raising their children. There's Nettie Mae's son, Clyde--no longer a boy, but not yet a man--who must navigate the road to adulthood without a father to guide him, and Cora's daughter, Beulah, who is as wild and untamable as her prairie home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBound by the uncommon threads in their lives and the challenges that lie ahead, Cora and Nettie Mae begin to forge an unexpected sisterhood. But when a love blossoms between Clyde and Beulah, bonds are once again tested, and these two resilient women must finally decide whether they can learn to trust each other--or else risk losing everything they hold dear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHawker, Olivia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eThrough unexpected characters and vivid prose, Olivia Hawker explores the varied landscape of the human spirit. Olivia's interest in geneal¬ogy often informs her writing: her two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Ragged Edge of Night\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne for the Blackbird, One for the Crow\u003c\/i\u003e, are based on true stories found within her own family tree. She lives in the San Juan Islands of Washington State, where she homesteads at Longlight, a one-acre microfarm dedicated to sustainable permaculture practices. For more information, visit www.hawkerbooks.com\/olivia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lake Union Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50597804376338,"sku":"9781542091145","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c71bac1d-edc5-43d3-b439-6a7130923692.jpg?v=1732180072","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/one-for-the-blackbird-one-for-the-crow-9781542091145","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}