{"product_id":"the-wilderness-samantha-harvey-9780307454775","title":"The Wilderness","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gripping novel about a man who is losing his past to Alzheimer's. Like Marilynne Robinson's \u003ci\u003eGilead, The Wilderness \u003c\/i\u003eholds us in its grip from the first sentence to the last\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewith the sheer beauty of its language and its ruminations on love and loss. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Closer to Virginia Woolf's meditative novels than anything else I can think of.... This is...\u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway \u003c\/i\u003eprose.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJake is in the tailspin of old age. His wife has passed away, his son is in prison, and now Alzheimer's is taking hold of him. Jake's memories become increasingly unreliable. What happened to his daughter? Is she alive, or long dead? Why is his son imprisoned? And why can't he shake the memory of a yellow dress and one lonely, echoing gunshot? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] brave imagining of [Alzheimer's].... There are moments of clarity; there is the persistence of desire; there are enduring long-term memories that remain after there is no capacity to recall what was for breakfast or if there was breakfast or what the thing called breakfast is.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samantha Harvey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307454770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307454775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.54w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/18\/2010 pg. 28","brand":"Samantha Harvey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44652085707007,"sku":"9780307454775","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce5c7c45-3a87-4406-b605-6c2eba0b4e9e.jpg?v=1704214495","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wilderness-samantha-harvey-9780307454775","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}