{"product_id":"9781554686353","title":"Into The Heart Of The Country : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eInto The Heart Of The Country\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Pauline Holdstock\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet in the eighteenth century, in what is now Manitoba, this unflinching and powerful novel takes the reader deep into unexplored territory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMolly Norton, mixed-blood daughter of Governor Moses Norton, is ill-prepared for the ordeal fate has in store. Dressed in English clothes unsuited to the harsh conditions at the Prince of Wales Fort and forbidden to practice the traditional skills of her mother’s people, Molly bears witness to her father’s increasingly tyrannical rule. Governor Norton is suspicious of every man, but particularly resentful of Matonabbee, the esteemed hunter and Dene captain, whom he once considered his brother. But it is the explorer Samuel Hearne who receives the brunt of Norton’s temper when, returning from his expedition, he sets his sights on Molly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the days that follow, larger events unfold and every man, woman and child at the fort is confronted by forces greater than themselves. Allegiances are both broken and tragically upheld as one of history’s cruel ironies takes shape in the harsh ancestral landscape from which Molly descends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781554686353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41087073321166,"sku":"9781554686353","price":14.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9781554686353.jpg?v=1648956519","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781554686353","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}