{"product_id":"changing-woman-venetia-hobson-lewis-9781496235138","title":"Changing Woman: A Novel of the Camp Grant Massacre","description":"2023 Laramie Book Award Longlist for Americana Fiction \u003cbr\u003e 2023 Goethe Book Award Longlist for Late Historical Fiction \u003cbr\u003e 2023 Best Book Awards Finalist in Western Fiction sponsored by American Book Fest \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Arizona Territory, 1871. Valeria Obreg and her ambitious husband, Ra伃, arrive in the raw frontier town of Tucson hoping to find prosperity. Changing Woman, an Apache spirit who represents the natural order of the world and its cycle of birth, death, and rebirth, welcomes Nest Feather, a twelve-year-old Apache girl, into womanhood in Aravaipa Canyon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mexican and Anglo settlers have pushed the Apaches from their lands, and the Apaches carry out raids against them. In turn, the settlers, angered by the failure of the U.S. government and the military to protect them, respond with a murderous raid on an Apache encampment under the protection of the U.S. military at Camp Grant, kidnapping Nest Feather and other Apache children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Tucson, while Valeria finds fulfillment in her work as a seamstress, Ra伃 struggles to hide from her his role in the bloody attack, and Nest Feather, adopted by a Mexican couple there, tries to hold on to her Apache heritage in a culture that rejects her very being. Against the backdrop of the massacre trial, Valeria and Nest Feather's lives intersect in the church, as Valeria seeks spiritual guidance for the decision she must make and Nest Feather prepares for a Christian baptism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Venetia Hobson Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496235134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496235138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d","brand":"Venetia Hobson Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072673378559,"sku":"9781496235138","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bcd453b5-a8e0-483e-b5c1-1b206b436533.jpg?v=1685443337","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/changing-woman-venetia-hobson-lewis-9781496235138","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}