Fisher, Karen
A Sudden Country
- ISBN 13:
- 9780812973433
- author:
- Fisher, Karen
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Random House Trade
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2006
- Pages:
- 400
- Dimensions:
- 137mm X 203mm
- Genre:
- Fiction - Western
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
A Sudden Country A Novel by Karen Fisher is a vivid and revelatory novel based on actual events of the 1847 Oregon migration. It follows two characters of remarkable complexity and strength as they navigate a journey of survival and redemption. James MacLaren, once a resourceful trader, has his life turned upside down when his wife deserts him and their children die of smallpox. In the grip of profound sorrow, he sets out to find her, but an act of secret vengeance changes his course. He meets Lucy Mitchell, a remarried widow, careful mother, and reluctant emigrant, who is drawn to MacLaren's self-possessed nature. As their hidden stories and obsessions unfold, pasts and cultures collide, forcing both Lucy and MacLaren to confront the people they have truly been, are, and may become. This heroic and unforgettable story of love and loss, sacrifice and understanding presents a rare scope and intimacy with the complex relations among nineteenth-century traders, immigrants, and Native Americans.
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