{"product_id":"the-night-field-9781529422672","title":"The Night Field","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA magnificent, moving ecological fable: welcome to The Real, where Pyn-Poi's people live in harmony with nature - until a brown fog threatens their whole world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Pyn-Poi's mother Marak wants her to grow up to be the matriarch of the tribe, learning how to cook, to make medicines, how to care for everyone, but Pyn-Poi would rather be out among the trees like her father Sook-Sook, learning how persuade tree roots into bridges, to feel when shoots are too crowded, when drooping leaves need attention. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then something starts going wrong in The Real: when the rains come, instead of nourishment, they bring a stinking brown fog that's poisoning people and plants alike. Pyn-Poi is the treewoman now: it's her job. Their only chance is for her to climb to the land beyond the Wall, where the Ancestors live, to plead for their intercession. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pyn-Poi never expected to find a whole new world up there, with people who are very different from her own family and friends - a land where they are killing nature, and that's killing The Real. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe trees have a job for Pyn-Poi, and to succeed, she is going to have to be brave and strong and true - no matter what.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ​\"A moving ecological fable, written with her signature grace and compassion\" -Elaine Isaak, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Singer's Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Pushcart Prize-nominee \u003cb\u003eDonna Glee Williams\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Mexico, the daughter a Kentucky farm-girl and a Texas large-animal vet. She graduated from Tulane University, then earned an MFA and Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. Her years of wayfaring across twenty countries and four continents include a Fulbright Fellowship to study pesticide issues among small cotton farmers in India, which is where she found the inspiration for \u003ci\u003eThe Night Field\u003c\/i\u003e. She's worked as turnabout crew on a schooner, librarian, environmental activist, registered nurse, educator, editor and creative coach, as well as writing two fantasy novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Braided Path\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDreamers\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as poetry and nonfiction. She lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mobius","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50521667567890,"sku":"9781529422672","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_81ac3854-6be9-4cd4-8708-117ef17cdb4e.jpg?v=1737226551","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-night-field-9781529422672","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}