{"product_id":"the-long-shining-waters-9781571310941","title":"The Long-Shining Waters","description":"MILKWEED NATIONAL FICTION PRIZE WINNER\u003cbr\u003eINDIE HEARTLAND BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eONE BOOK SOUTH DAKOTA SELECTION\u003cbr\u003eMINNESOTA BOOK AWARD FINALIST\u003cbr\u003eMIDWEST BOOKSELLERS BOOK AWARD FINALIST \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrey Rabbit, an Ojibwe woman living by Lake Superior in 1622, is a mother and wife whose dream-life has taken on fearful dimensions. As she struggles to understand \"what she is shown at night,\" her psyche and her world edge toward irreversible change. In 1902, Berit and Gunnar, a Norwegian fishing couple, also live on the lake. Berit is unable to conceive, and the lake anchors her isolated life and tests the limits of her endurance and spirit. And in 2000, when Nora, a seasoned bar owner, loses her job and is faced with an open-ended future, she is drawn reluctantly into a road trip around the great lake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Long-Shining Waters\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of these three women, separated by years and circumstance but connected across time by a shared geography: the inland sea. Rich with historical detail, each character comes vividly to life in this luminous debut novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Danielle Sosin has written the first great novel about Lake Superior--and its many ghosts.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eMinnesota Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDanielle Sosin\u003c\/b\u003e is the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eThe Long-Shining Waters\u003c\/i\u003e, which, in hardcover, was the 2011 Milkweed National Fiction Prize Winner, a Minnesota Book Award Nominee for Fiction, a Midwest Connections May 2011 pick, and an Indie Heartland Bestseller in June of 2011. With more than thirty events around the Great Lakes and coverage in the \u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, and a feature in \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Danielle's debut novel has been a wild success, and is poised for a long life in paperback nationally, but especially around the Great Lakes. Her fiction has been featured in the \u003ci\u003eAlaska Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e and on National Public Radio, and she has received fellowships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, The Ragdale Foundation, and Anderson Center. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50676546273554,"sku":"9781571310941","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc6ce86b-23ed-41a6-9573-4f579ffb0a2e.jpg?v=1733882118","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-long-shining-waters-9781571310941","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}