{"product_id":"the-northern-reach-9781250776501","title":"The Northern Reach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heart-wrenching first novel about the power of place and family ties, the weight of the stories we choose to tell, and the burden of those we hide\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrozen in grief after the loss of her son at sea, Edith Baines stares across the water at a schooner, under full sail yet motionless in the winter wind and surging tide of the Northern Reach. Edith seems to be hallucinating. Or is she? Edith's boat-watch opens \u003ci\u003eThe Northern Reach\u003c\/i\u003e, set in the coastal town of Wellbridge, Maine, where townspeople squeeze a living from the perilous bay or scrape by on the largesse of the summer folk and whatever they can cobble together, salvage, or grab. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the center of town life is the Baines family, land-rich, cash-poor descendants of town founders, along with the ne'er-do-well Moody clan, the Martins of Skunk Pond, and the dirt farming, bootlegging Edgecombs. Over the course of the twentieth century, the families intersect, interact, and intermarry, grappling with secrets and prejudices that span generations, opening new wounds and reckoning with old ghosts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eW. S. Winslow's \u003ci\u003eThe Northern Reach\u003c\/i\u003e is a breathtaking debut about the complexity of family, the cultural legacy of place, and the people and experiences that shape us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW. S. Winslow was born and raised in Maine but spent most of her working life in San Francisco and New York in corporate communications and marketing. A ninth-generation Mainer, she now spends most of the year in a small town Downeast. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in French from the University of Maine, and an MFA from NYU. Her fiction has been published in \u003ci\u003eYemassee Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBird's Thumb\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Northern Reach\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50483121488146,"sku":"9781250776501","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_86b4df68-089f-4a92-b480-da264a45ff14.jpg?v=1730357985","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-northern-reach-9781250776501","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}