{"product_id":"dear-thorns-karen-olsson-9781662603518","title":"Dear Thorns","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Dana Spiotta's \u003ci\u003eWayward\u003c\/i\u003e and Katie Kitamura's \u003ci\u003eIntimacies\u003c\/i\u003e we follow Lora, a wildlife refuge worker in South Texas who gets tangled up in a romantic relationship with a much younger male intern.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLora has worked at the wildlife refuge in South Texas for seven years, trapping and studying the elusive Texas ocelot. Interns come and go, but when Ben arrives, something is awakened in Lora that has long been dormant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Lora and Ben track the beautiful, almost mystical animal, the reader learns about Lora's professional and romantic history; a characters study of a woman frequently choosing the professional over the personal. Through her relationship with Ben, Lora discovers much about herself. And through Lora and Ben's work at the refuge, the reader learns much about the Texas ranchlands just above the Mexico border and the species--animal, plant, and human--that inhabit it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith incisive prose and great humor, Karen Olsson's \u003ci\u003eDear Thorns\u003c\/i\u003e mines the massive gulf between youth and middle age and the frustrations and inefficiencies of government and bureaucracy, and reckons with the ecological disaster of species loss. With a subtle hand, she shows the reader how the things we do to wild animals--isolating them, reducing their habitats, disconnecting them from other groups--are all things we seem to do to ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Olsson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1662603517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662603518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Astra House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Karen Olsson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447327666431,"sku":"9781662603518","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ee96bd01-ec58-45b3-9a46-9509b69a0f43.jpg?v=1777230371","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dear-thorns-karen-olsson-9781662603518","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}