{"product_id":"the-jump-off-creek-9780618565870","title":"The Jump-Off Creek","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA PEN\/Faulkner Award Finalist \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award - Winner of the Oregon Book Award \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An instant classic. . . a truly beautiful piece of American storytelling.\" --William Kittredge, author of \u003cem\u003eOwning It All\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA widowed homesteader is determined to make a life in the unforgiving mountains of late 19th century Oregon in this \"powerful novel of struggle and loss.\" (\u003cem\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed author Molly Gloss drew on pioneer diaries and old family stories to write this modern Western classic of a solitary woman's frontier life. In the 1890s, Lydia Bennett Sanderson, a hardship-honed widow, leaves her old life behind and journey's to Jump-Off Creek to make her way as a homesteader in the backcountry of Oregon. Her neighbors are few and far between: Tim Whiteaker and Blue Odell are trying to make a go of it on their small hardscrabble ranch, while Evelyn Walker - a young, lonely wife - is rearing her children in daunting isolation. And a trio of rootless cowboys are squatting in the mountains, their only income the bounty from poisoned wolves. While Lydia toils into the summer, building fences, digging ditches, and repairing her homestead cabin, Tim and Blue engage in a deadly spoilers game with the wolvers. As the months pass, there is good and ill fortune, the exchange of fair-and-square favors, and Lydia finds both courage and community in her determination to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unforgettable tale in which \"every gritty line of the story rings true\" (\u003cem\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e), Gloss delivers an authentic and moving portrait of the American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGloss, Molly:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMOLLY GLOSS is the best-selling author \u003ci\u003eThe Hearts of Horses, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Jump-Off Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of both the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award and the Oregon Book Award, \u003ci\u003eThe Dazzle of Day, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the PEN Center West Fiction Prize, and \u003ci\u003eWild Life, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Award. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647482695954,"sku":"9780618565870","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0bb32143-036d-436b-86bb-ce2f3fbeccdf.jpg?v=1734800595","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-jump-off-creek-9780618565870","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}