A vivid and revelatory novel based on actual events of the 1847
Oregon migration, A Sudden Country follows two characters of
remarkable complexity and strength in a journey of survival and
redemption.
James MacLaren, once a resourceful and ambitious Hudson's Bay
Company trader, has renounced his aspirations for a quiet family
life in the Bitterroot wilderness. Yet his life is overturned in
the winter of 1846, when his Nez Perce wife deserts him and his
children die of smallpox. In the grip of a profound sorrow,
MacLaren, whose home once spanned a continent, sets out to find his
wife. But an act of secret vengeance changes his course,
introducing him to a different wife and mother: Lucy Mitchell,
journeying westward with her family.
Lucy, a remarried widow, careful mother, and reluctant emigrant, is
drawn at once to the self-possessed MacLaren. Convinced that he is
the key to her family's safe passage, she persuades her husband to
employ him. As their hidden stories and obsessions unfold, and
pasts and cultures collide, both Lucy and MacLaren must confront
the people they have truly been, are, and may become.
Alive with incident and insight, presenting with rare scope and
intimacy the complex relations among nineteenth-century traders,
immigrants, and Native Americans, A Sudden Country is, above all, a
heroic and unforgettable story of love and loss, sacrifice and
understanding.
"From the Hardcover edition."
General
| Imprint: |
Random House Trade Paperbacks
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
June 2006 |
| First published: |
June 2006 |
| Authors: |
Karen Fisher
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 137 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
400 |
| Edition: |
Random House trade pbk. ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8129-7343-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-8129-7343-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780812973433 |
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