{"product_id":"lava-falls-9780299318505","title":"Lava Falls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScrabbling for ways to believe in themselves and the world, the spirited, heart-driven people who populate these stories find surprising pockets of hope. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA woman returns to the Alaskan cabin of her survivalist childhood, full of misgivings and memories. A trip to Yellowstone sparks a crisis for a man who feels kinship with the wolves he glimpses there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNursing painful pasts, sisters take a cruise together to Antarctica. A runaway finds salvation from violence in her own singing. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the title novella, a Grand Canyon rafting expedition profoundly changes the lives of six women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRefusing to buckle under the pressures of family and political traumas, the sojourners in this collection are unified by themes of creative expression and of love--how we define it, how we are impelled by it, and how we are lifted by it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucy Jane Bledsoe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.21w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299318505\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucy Jane Bledsoe is an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction, including the novels \u003ci\u003eA Thin Bright Line\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Big Bang Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e and the adventure essay collection \u003ci\u003eThe Ice Cave\u003c\/i\u003e. She has traveled the length of the Grand Canyon, skied through Yellowstone National Park, kayaked and hiked in Alaska, and voyaged several times to Antarctica. She lives in Berkeley, California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39952738254963,"sku":"0299318508","price":30.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4514338c-3df3-44c0-8471-9ae2d9bf8ad1.jpg?v=1648564673","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/lava-falls-9780299318505","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}