{"product_id":"the-curlews-cry-9780803297579","title":"The Curlews Cry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescended from pioneers and the daughter of a rancher, Pamela lives according to her own script, and nothing seems to happen as expected. The world beats on - World War I, the influenza epidemic of 1917, the Great Depression - and local fortune rise and fall with the price of beef.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You are either a Mildred Walker enthusiast or you are missing one of the best writers on the American scene.\"—\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a thoughtful novel, with nuances of meaningful beauty, as well as ruggedness and suspense. For Pamela, one feels that curlew's cry is finally answered when, at the peak of proven self-sufficiency, she responds to the unspoken need of an old friend who might have seemed patently undeserving.\"—\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A quietly told, honestly plotted story filled with careful details and with good descriptions of various aspects of life in the West.\"—Harriette Arnow, \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A deep understanding of the special quality that characterizes our frontier regions. . .is evident in this period story of Montana. . . .there is a compelling quality that holds reader interest.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MQ - University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038186307927,"sku":"9780803297579","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803297579.jpg?v=1750939406","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-curlews-cry-9780803297579","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}