{"product_id":"vacationland-sarah-stonich-9780816687664","title":"Vacationland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a lake in northernmost Minnesota, you might find Naledi Lodge--only two cabins still standing, its pathways now trodden mostly by memories. And there you might meet Meg, or the ghost of the girl she was, growing up under her grandfather's care in a world apart and a lifetime ago. Now an artist, Meg paints images \"reflected across the mirrors of memory and water,\" much as the linked stories of \u003ci\u003eVacationland\u003c\/i\u003e cast shimmering spells across distance and time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThose whose paths have crossed at Naledi inhabit \u003ci\u003eVacationland\u003c\/i\u003e: a man from nearby Hatchet Inlet who knew Meg back when, a Sarajevo refugee sponsored by two parishes who can't afford \"their own refugee,\" aged sisters traveling to fulfill a fateful pact once made at the resort, a philandering ad man, a lonely Ojibwe stonemason, and a haiku-spouting girl rescued from a bog. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Stonich, whose work has been described as \"unexpected and moving\" by the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003eand \"a well-paced feast\" by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, weaves these tales of love and loss, heartbreak and redemption into a rich novel of interconnected and disjointed lives. \u003ci\u003eVacationland\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving portrait of a place--at once timeless and of the moment, composed of conflicting dreams and shared experience--and of the woman bound to it by legacy and sometimes longing, but not necessarily by choice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Stonich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816687668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816687664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnesota Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/11\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/29\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2013 pg. 25","brand":"Sarah Stonich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043560452351,"sku":"9780816687664","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1f6acd94-88ad-418f-83ea-b5f519dc0d2b.jpg?v=1684967863","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vacationland-sarah-stonich-9780816687664","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}