{"product_id":"after-alice-karen-hofmann-9781927063460","title":"After Alice","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter retiring from the heady world of academia, Sidonie von Täler has returned to the small Okanagan Valley town she escaped in her youth for the lights of the big city. The family orchard has since gone to seed, and ever decades later Sidonie still finds herself living in the shadow of her deceased older sister Alice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she gets down to work sifting through the detritus of her family's legacy, Sidonie is haunted by memories of trauma and triumph in equal measure, and must reconcile past and present while reconnecting with the family members she has left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren Hofmann's debut novel blends a poetic sensibility with issues of land stewardship, social stratification and colonialism, painting the geological and historical landscape of the Okanagan in vivid and varied colours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Hofmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1927063469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781927063460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e NeWest Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Karen Hofmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48450056225023,"sku":"9781927063460","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0ad5128-0a45-4fb5-b61f-b6e4a6b92fbe.jpg?v=1777266030","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/after-alice-karen-hofmann-9781927063460","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}