{"product_id":"9781951213770","title":"Upcountry","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 16\"\u003e\n   \u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n     \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA middle-class ex-Manhattanite, a cash-strapped single mother, and a young member\nof an obscure religious “sect,” become entangled in a\nCatskills town.\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n     \u003cp\u003eClaire Pedersen and her husband are relocating from NYC to the\nCatskills—they have found a terrific deal on a property in foreclosure.\nThe house has been in April Ives’ family for three generations, but the\nsingle mother of three children from two different fathers needs the\nmoney. Claire and April are instantly antagonistic, but the sale proceeds,\nand renovations begin.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n     \u003cp\u003eSoon after, Claire’s husband develops an erotic fascination with\nAnna, a young member of a nearby religious community called The\nEternals. Two marriages—and one pregnancy—swiftly and dramatically\nend. Claire is left to finish the renovation and salvage the life she had\nimagined. April, meanwhile, is dealing with her ex who has just been\nreleased from prison on a drug charge and the decision of whether or\nnot to let him build a relationship with the son he has never known.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n     \u003cp\u003eLife “upcountry” means close encounters between disparate social\nclasses: Claire and April navigate mutual dislike and unanticipated\nempathy. The house remains a sore point for both. Anna is the unhappy fulcrum between the two older women. Shunned from The Eternals\nsince the incident with Claire’s husband, she yearns to return to their protection. Anna’s strict views on transgression and penance are baffling to\nApril; for Claire, Anna remains the embodiment of her ruined marriage. \u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chin-Sun Lee","offers":[{"title":"The Unnamed Press |  Hardback  |  2023-11-17","offer_id":44230083936511,"sku":"9781951213770","price":41.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_971bc146-a618-4afe-97e8-565815e26b7d.jpg?v=1693003846","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781951213770","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}