{"product_id":"the-removes-9781250215031","title":"The Removes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs the first wave of pioneers travel westward to settle the American frontier, two women discover their inner strength when their lives are irrevocably changed by the hardship of the wild west in \u003ci\u003eThe Removes\u003c\/i\u003e, a historical novel from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and award-winning author Tatjana Soli. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning the years of the first great settlement of the West, \u003ci\u003eThe Removes\u003c\/i\u003e tells the intertwining stories of fifteen-year-old Anne Cummins, frontierswoman Libbie Custer, and Libbie's husband, the Civil War hero George Armstrong Custer. When Anne survives a surprise attack on her family's homestead, she is thrust into a difficult life she never anticipated--living among the Cheyenne as both a captive and, eventually, a member of the tribe. Libbie, too, is thrown into a brutal, unexpected life when she marries Custer. They move to the territories with the U.S. Army, where Libbie is challenged daily and her worldview expanded: the pampered daughter of a small-town judge, she transforms into a daring camp follower. But when what Anne and Libbie have come to know--self-reliance, freedom, danger--is suddenly altered through tragedy and loss, they realize how indelibly shaped they are by life on the treacherous, extraordinary American plains. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith taut, suspenseful writing, Tatjana Soli tells the exhilarating stories of Libbie and Anne, who have grown like weeds into women unwilling to be restrained by the strictures governing nineteenth-century society. \u003ci\u003eThe Removes\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful, transporting novel about the addictive intensity and freedom of the American frontier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTatjana Soli\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lotus Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Forgetting Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Good Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been awarded the UK's James Tait Black Prize and been a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award. Her books have also been twice listed as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book. She lives on the Monterey Peninsula of California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333801971986,"sku":"9781250215031","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6c20beaf-0c13-4df4-9da0-7f0a3e4bfaf6.jpg?v=1727877761","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-removes-9781250215031","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}