{"product_id":"the-sorrow-of-archaeology-russell-martin-9780996559256","title":"The Sorrow of Archaeology","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne hot Colorado afternoon, physician-turned-archaeologist Sarah MacLeish unearths the skeleton of an Ancestral Puebloan girl with a deformed leg. Her efforts to understand something of the long-ago life of that girl confront her with the flaws in her own body and her marriage. Sarah struggles with multiple sclerosis, and she is increasingly persuaded that her husband, archaeologist Harry MacLeish, is profoundly discontented in their childless marriage. Sarah must contend, too, with the question of where she comes from, what her pioneer heritage truly means to her, how she can live up to the values of her grandmother--whose long life is drawing to its inevitable close--and whether she has both the power and the will to shape the days that remains to her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmploying archeology as both subject and metaphor, \u003cem\u003eThe Sorrow of Archaeology\u003c\/em\u003e is a provocative and always lyrical novel whose characters grapple with the deepest human questions: How can we know who we really are? What is best for us? How do we construct satisfying narratives of our own lives out of the broken materials fate hands us? Set near Mesa Verde in southwestern Colorado, where the author grew up and lived for many years, it is a novel rich with emotional, medical, archaeological, and cultural truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0996559256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780996559256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Say Yes Quickly Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\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 0.60d","brand":"Russell Martin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44121530335487,"sku":"9780996559256","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b30e7ea-37cd-41a8-864b-3083c0360ed3.jpg?v=1687420247","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sorrow-of-archaeology-russell-martin-9780996559256","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}