{"product_id":"wild-life-9781534414990","title":"Wild Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 1905, a cigar-smoking, feminist writer of popular adventure novels for women encounters Bigfoot in Molly Gloss's best loved novel----\"never has there been a more authentic, persuasive, or moving evocation of this elusive legend: a masterpiece\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet among lava sinkholes and logging camps at the fringe of the Northwest frontier in the early 1900s, \u003ci\u003eWild Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the story--both real and imagined--of the free-thinking, cigar-smoking, trouser-wearing Charlotte Bridger Drummond, who pens dime-store women's adventure stories. One day, when a little girl gets lost in the woods, Charlotte anxiously joins the search. When she becomes lost in the dark and tangled woods, she finds herself face to face with a mysterious band of mountain giants...or more commonly known as Sasquatch. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith great assurance and skill, Molly Gloss blends \"heady cerebral satisfactions, gorgeous prose, and page-turning adventure\" (Karen Joy Fowler, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e), and puts a new spin on a classic piece of American folklore.\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 - Molly Gloss is a fourth-generation Oregonian who now lives in Portland on the west side of the Tualatin Hills. She is the author of five novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Jump-Off Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Dazzle of Day\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Wild Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Hearts of Horses\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFalling from Horses\u003c\/i\u003e, and one collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eUnforseen\u003c\/i\u003e. Her awards include the Oregon Book Award, a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, the PEN West Fiction Prize, the James Tiptree Jr. Award, and a Whiting Writers Award; and her short story, \"Lambing Season\" was a finalist for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Her work often concerns the landscape, literature, mythology, and life of the American West.","brand":"S\u0026s\/Saga Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628842029330,"sku":"9781534414990","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0739c2f3-a969-42af-a0ec-6c1500d6aecb.jpg?v=1732710083","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wild-life-9781534414990","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}