{"product_id":"book-g85g","title":"Homestead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ariel Blake soothingly narrates this desolate tale of Marie and Lawrence as they come together and navigate an abrupt new marriage, loss of their first child, and homesteading in the rugged Alaskan wilderness during the 1950s.\"- \u003ci\u003eAudioFile \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35 HONOREE and FLANNERY O'CONNOR AWARD WINNER Melinda Moustakis, a debut novel set in Alaska, about the turbulent marriage of two unlikely homesteaders \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"So good, so precise, so strong, and so deeply felt.” —Jess Walter, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Recommended for fans of Kristin Hannah’s \u003ci\u003eThe Great Alone.\u003c\/i\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnchorage, 1956. When Marie and Lawrence first lock eyes at the Moose Lodge, they are immediately drawn together. But when they decide to marry, days later, they are more in love with the promise of homesteading than anything. For Lawrence, his parcel of 150 acres is an opportunity to finally belong in a world that has never delivered on its promise. For Marie, the land is an escape from the empty future she sees spinning out before her, and a risky bet is better than none at all. But over the next few years, as they work the land in an attempt to secure a deed to their homestead, they must face everything they don’t know about each other. As the Territory of Alaska moves toward statehood and inexorable change, can Marie and Lawrence create something new, or will they break apart trying? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImmersive and wild-hearted, joyfully alive to both the intimate and the elemental, \u003ci\u003eHomestead\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching portrait of a new state and of the hard-fought, hard-bitten work of making a family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49355105435952,"sku":"BDg85g","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/374547-g85g-Square.jpg?v=1734381588","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-g85g","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}