{"product_id":"a-violet-season-9781451655063","title":"A Violet Season","description":"The \"engrossing\" (Booklist) story of a mother who must make questionable sacrifices as her family fights for the survival of their violet farm in turn-of-the-century upstate New York.The violet industry is booming in 1898, and a Hudson Valley farm owned by the Fletcher family is turning a generous profit for its two oldest brothers. But Ida Fletcher, married to the black sheep youngest brother, has taken up wet nursing to help her family, and her daughter, Alice, has been ordered by her father to leave school and find work or an early marriage. As they near the brink of losing their share of the farm, the two women make increasingly great sacrifices for their family's survival, which will take them from their small farming community to the dangerous streets of New York's Lower East Side and set them against one another in a lifelong struggle for honesty and forgiveness. Told through the voices of both women against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century America, Violet Season is the story of an unforgettable mother-daughter journey in a time when women were just waking to their own power and independence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathy Leonard Czepiel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.39h x 5.51w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451655063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/21\/2012 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2012 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKathy Leonard Czepiel is the recipient of a creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and teaches writing at Quinnipiac University. Her short fiction has been published in numerous journals including \u003ci\u003eCimarron Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCalyx\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConfrontation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Pinch\u003c\/i\u003e. A native of New York State's mid-Hudson Valley, she now lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44939196629107,"sku":"9781451655063","price":21.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_6d2adaac-9942-4976-99b1-c00091950415.jpg?v=1778250966","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-violet-season-9781451655063","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}